Websites
Photo courtesy of Cynthia Beall
- altitude.org: A High Altitude Resource
- PubMed: About the Ethnography of High Altitude Peoples
- National Anthropological Archives: About Evolutionary Biology
- Yowangdu Experience Tibet: Avoiding Altitude Sickness: Complete Beginner’s Guide
Publications
Little M.A., Thomas R.B., Mazess R.B., Baker P.T. , (1971). Population differences and developmental changes in extremity temperature responses to cold among Andean Indians. Human Biology, 43 (1): 70-91.
Tronick E.Z., Thomas R.B., Daltabuit M, (1994). The Quechua manta pouch: a caretaking practice for buffering the Peruvian infant against the multiple stressors of high altitude. Child Development, 65 (4):1005-13.
PMID: 7956462 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Hanna J.M., Hornick C.A., (1977). Use of coca leaf in southern Peru: adaptation or addiction. Bulletin on Narcotics, 29 (1): 63-74.
PMID: 585582 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Jones R.E., Little M.A., Thomas R.B., Hoff C.J., Dufour D.L., (1976). Local cold exposure of Andean Indians during normal and simulated activities. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 44 (2): 305-13.
PMID: 1258987 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Hanna J.M. (1971). Responses of Quechua Indians to coca ingestion during cold exposure. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 34 (2): 273-7. PMID: 5572606 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Little M.A. (1969) . Temperature regulation at high altitude. Quechua Indians and U.S. whites during foot exposure to cold water and cold air. Human Biology, 41 (4): 519-35.
PMID: 5379878 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Baker P.T., Buskirk E.R., Kollias J., Mazess R.B., (1967). Temperature regulation at high altitude: Quechua Indians and U. S. whites during total body cold exposure. Human Biology, 39 (2): 154-69.
PMID: 6056272 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
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