Mexico's native peoples evolutionary adaptations and challenges to global change (IMAGE)

Università di Bologna

Mexico's native peoples evolutionary adaptations and challenges to global change

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Mexico's indigenous ethnic groups are particularly vulnerable to modern lifestyle and dietary changes. In some cases, they inherited biological adaptations developed over millennia by their ancestors that might be no longer playing an advantageous role and posing a risk to their health.

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Marco Sazzini / University of Bologna

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