The Zulu and Andean Population

-The Zulu population is located in South Africa which brings subtropical climate and lots of sunshine with brief, intense rain showers and a lot of humidity. A Sub-tropical climate brings summer temperatures from Nov-Feb, ranging from 24-30 Celsius followed by winter temperatures at 20 Celsius Mar-Apr. Temps very from 11 degrees at night to 30 degrees during the day. What can cause stress for the Zulu people is the constant change in climate. Sunny days followed by harsh rainy showers will cause long-term physical adaptations because the climate is something the Zulu people cannot control. They can only deal and cope with the living conditions they are dealt with. This stress is climate changes can make it hard to maintain homeostasis because the weather can destroy home, crops, animals; making it hard to eat, and perform daily routines. To physically adapt to these conditions they have houses made out of Cow dung, and tin roofs which is a positive thing considered what the population has to work with. These houses are fit for the environment in which they live and bring a possibility to return to homeostasis. A cultural adaptation is weaving, craft making, pottery, and beadwork that the Zulu women bond together and make. Women and children weave every day-use mats, beer sieves, and baskets for domestic purposes that help benefit the population bringing more efforts of homeostasis. I think it is very common to describe a culture by their race, but i don’t believe it is always right. It also depends on what race is defined as, but a race i would use that best fits the Zulu tribe are Africans. Based on the past history and what Africans dealt with and the living conditions they have are very similar to the Zulu people. The more reasonable approach would be the physical and cultural adaptations i used to describe the tribe instead of just race.

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-The Andean Indians are directly in the tropics of South America, where the climate is measured by precipitation and not temperature. Lowlands tend to be hot but elevation tends to mess with the climate because the Andean Indians live in conditions of high mountain ranges. The climate is very scattered as you move throughout the land of South America through forest and elevated plains but rainfall is the norm paired with heat throughout the year. A physical adaptation is the lack of oxygen the Andean Indians get. Growing up in the South American land you may not be able to tell the difference but it makes it hard for people outside of the population to visit and adapt/ live where they do, making it hard to better their livings conditions and expand in different ways. This makes it hard to maintain homeostasis because with lack of oxygen (hypoxia) followed by an increase of heart rate increases. This makes it hard to perform physical tasks and get things done throughout the day. A physical adaptation is controlling their breathing and building more hemoglobin in their blood which increases lung expansion. This results in balancing their homeostasis so they can cope better with the climate when performing more physically demanding tasks. A cultural adaptation is nutritional diet (fruits, salads, beans, etc) which the Andean Indians participate together to balance the effects high altitudes have on their body so they can stay efficient. A race most similar to the Andean Indians would be the Spanish in my opinion because of their clothing styles.

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