The tendency of people living in the Peruvian Andes to develop a voluminous chest and lungs for life at very high altitudes is an example of a(n)
A. cultural adaptation.
B. long-term physiological adaptation.
C. short-term physiological adaptation.
D. genetic adaptation.
E. archaeological adaptation.
Answer: D
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