Human Biological Adaptability: Related Internet Sites

Related Internet Sites

Developmental Adjustment links:

Photograph of Chinese girl with bound feet (Museum of the City of San Francisco)

Altitude Acclimatization links:

Outdoor Action Guide to High Altitude: Acclimatization and Illness (Princeton University Outdoor Action Program)

Climate Acclimatization links:

Heat Illness (sportsmedicine related information and recommendations--from the journal The Physician and Sportsmedicine)

Skin Color Adaptation links:

The Biology of Skin Color: Black and White (article by Gina Kirchweger in the February 2001 issue of Discover magazine--you must be a paid subscriber of Discover to see it)

Race Without Color (article by Jared Diamond in the November 1994 issue of Discover magazine--you must be a paid subscriber of Discover to see it)

The National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmetation (a good information center about albinism)

Nutritional Adaptation links:

Got Milk But Can't Stomach It? (short article on lactose intolerance)

Lactose Intolerance (a good discussion of the problem and suggested treatment--National Institutes of Health)

Other Related Links:

Journal of Human Evolution (articles on biological anthropology topics)

MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine)

PubMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine database of 9 million research article abstracts from Medline and Pre-Medline)

The Puzzle of Hypertension in African-Americans (Scientific American article by Richard S. Cooper, Charles N. Rotimi and Ryk Ward, 2-99)

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