RadicalAnthro, Genetic #mutation and #adaptation for #altitude in #Andean and #Tibetan populations
'authors of a new study published in Science Advances have pinpointed a genetic variant that may have helped this population adapt to life at extraordinary heights. Tibetans in the Himalayas possess a different mutation in the same gene, suggesting both groups independently evolved similar adaptations to high-altitude living. The finding demonstrates “how evolution can sometimes favor common solutions to a common problem,” says Graham Scott, a physiologist at McMaster University who wasn’t involved in the study.'
https://www.science.org/content/article/genetic-variant-helps-people-living-andes-breathe-easy