Internet Exercises

1. Read this link relating to skin color: http://anthro.palomar.edu/adapt/adapt_4.htm.
   1. Why do the Inuit people of the American Subartic have moderately heavy skin pigmentation?
   2. What other diseases (besides those mentioned in the textbook) are associated with sunlight and melanin production?
   3. What is Glogers rule?
   4. Why is rickets still a problem in the world?
   5. Can you think of any cultural factors that would influence the affects of the sun?
   
   
2. High altitude adaptations. Go to and read this article about Andeans living at high altitudes: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ISW/is_2003_Jan/ai_95676509/pg_2.
   1. What plant has proven beneficial to Andeans living at high altitudes?
   2. How could modern day attitudes towards this plant affect the population that uses it?
   3. How does the plant contribute to increased oxygen consumption?
   4. What other biological conditions are affected by the use of this plant?