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[...] NeuroanthropologyHuman (amphibious model): living in and on the water Neuroanthropology: ‘The last free people on the planet’ [...]
View ArticleBy: marc verhaegen
Thanks a lot for your beautiful paper! You write: “… we seem particularly adept at finding ways to adapt ourselves – biologically, psychologically, behaviourally, technologically – to a host of niches...
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[...] Human (amphibious model): living in and on the water — on ‘sea gypsies,’ foraging in the water, and the physiology of free diving [...]
View ArticleBy: Kangen
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View ArticleBy: Tom
Another adaptaion you might examine is vision. I have read claims by some ethnologues that children who grow up diving without goggles in freediving communities develop the ability to focus much more...
View ArticleBy: Chris, Boat Buddy
Fascinating article and some interesting comments. I remember watching this on the Human Planet at the time and being amazed by how adaptable we are as a race that people could dive at their leisure to...
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By: J
Cool Especially found interest in the baby swimming part My little one (now 3) started at 5 months old and was amazing a breath-holding before she could even crawl! Now she can stay under in the bath...
View ArticleBy: Alex Colvin
This point you made caught me eye; “To my knowledge, no studies have been done on the ‘sea gypsies’ of cardio-vascular adaptations or ventilatory response to hypercapnia.” I was looking for the genetic...
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[…] Downey. Greg. 2011. Human (amphibious model): living in and on the water. Neuroanthropology. PLOS Blogs. (link) […]
View ArticleBy: leo
How can a human adapt in the ocean ? Like are we suppose to use cloning or GMOs of artifical intelligence or natural selection? Also what kind of changes do we need in our body?
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