Question

1. Two adaptations and at least two acclimatizations that are found in humans.

Adaptation to heat – short wide nose

Acclimatization to cold – shivering

Adaptation to Disease - ?

Acclimatization to Disease - ?

2. Explain how they help in certain, named environments or under certain conditions

3. For your acclimatization’s, explain how much more restricted we'd be as a species if we couldn't do this (i.e. would there be certain places we couldn't live?)

4. For your adaptations, explain whether there is any social connotations or misunderstandings associated with the characteristic

Answer 1

1) adaptation to disease are bipedalism,sweat, opposable thumb and complex brains. acclimatizations to disease is altitude sickness.

2) as example, Sweating in the body helps to maintain the temperature in heat atmosphere. bipedalism helps to prevent the exposure of microorganisms. acclimatization of altitude of sickness helps to avoid several type of diseases like allergies, pressure difference symptoms etc...

3) the acclimatization of altitude sickness is chose by the humans. there re no restriction for humans to expose to this acclimatization. all is the human choice to take or avoid the abnormalities cause by this acclimatization.

4) There re no severe social effects regarding these adaptations. sweating may abnormal to certain social situations. others have no social connotations or misunderstandings