Zulu
The Zulu population mostly resides in the KwaZulu Natal province of South Africa. Temperatures here are on the warm side with plenty of humidity with brief intense rain showers. Temperatures can range from 97 in the summer months to 73 in the winter months. Even the ocean waters only reach about a low of 62 in the mid-winter. To help maintain homeostasis with such warm weather and little rainfall, the Zulu are slender and have very dark skin. Due to the intensity of the sun, having the darker skin melanin helps protect them from harmful ultraviolet radiation that the sun produces. This is why lighter skinned people are 10 xs more likely to get skin cancer.
Zulu Men
Zulu farming
I would pick the African race when describing the Zulus because they are from Africa. Also even though there are white africans, when one thinks of an african, they think of some one who has a darker skin color.
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Andean Indians
The Andes Mountains is the longest mountain range in the world. Located in South America, the Andes Mountains run along the continents western coast, north to South. With peaks as high as 22,834 feet.
Andes Mountains
Because the Andes Mounts run for 4,500 miles, it’s no surprise that the region holds so many different climates. The closer you are to sea level, the warmer the weather is. The higher up the mountains you go, the cooler it gets till you reach snow covered peaks. Due to the higher elevation, hypoxia affects many tourists. The lower air pressure makes it harder for one to take in the oxygen needed. Hikers that climb higher elevations use oxygen tanks to breath. The Andes people have lived in these higher elevations for thousands of years. Their lungs have a larger capacity to allow them to take in more oxygen and stronger hearts to withstand the pressure.
When in higher altitudes and not being able to take in the proper amount of oxygen, fatigue sets in pretty quickly. You get winded for doing little amount of physical work. The Andes all carry around small pouches of dried coca leaves. The alkaloid in the leaves aide with any pain or fatigue.
A mother giving her child coca leaves
If I were to choose a race when describing the Andean Indians I would pick American Indian. Just on physical appearances with the dark black hair, the dark eyes and a darker complexion.
American Indian girl
Andean Indian girl
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The way a culture adapts to their surrounds is much more important to an Anthropologist than categorizing them into a race based on physical appearance. Appearances don’t explain why people do what they do. The color of one’s skin or the bone structure in their face doesn’t explain how they survive in the harsh environmental conditions or how they interact with one another.
Very good post and liked your final summary. Images were well done as well. I liked how you used images to explain your choice of race for the Andeans.
ReplyDeleteI'm missing a cultural adaptation explanation for the Zulu? I see an image for it but no written information.
Otherwise, good job.
I noticed that the next day. I write everything in Word because I like how easy the spell check is in that program. I guess I never copied it over to the blog. Learning lesson! double check work before posting lol
Delete"The color of one’s skin or the bone structure in their face doesn’t explain how they survive in the harsh environmental conditions or how they interact with one another" YES YES YES! I absolutely agree with you and I don't think race is even something to look at when trying to find the adaptation of a certain human population. I see looking at race as being very superficial and does not help at all. People need to start realizing that the color of one's skin should not lead to judgement at all, whether it is from an anthropologist point of view or an outsider's point of view. I really liked your post too!
ReplyDeleteI really like your summary because it is short and you make your idea very clear. We need to understand that people must be classified by their cultural adaptation because that is that make us unique and different. To conclude, I want to say that I like your pictures because they are very related to your information.
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