Description of the enviorment they
live. (informations on the Andean people as well as Zulu people)
My view Like an outside persepective ....
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highlands and numerous rivers and streams. The subtropical climate
brings lots of sunshine and brief, intense rain shower.Even though
the area which the Zulu live is subtropical when its not the rainy
season the land can become very dry and hot this is where the skin of
the Zulu people has adapted to accommodate the heat. The darkness of
there skin acts like shade in which it helps the body stay cool from
the sunlight. Another physical adaption from the Zulu is their hair
which is coarse and and oily which helps them to also stay cool and
protect their head from direct sunlight.The Zulu also adapted
culturally,. Because of the climate in which they live there is no
need for excessive clothing men and women have their own seperate
wardrobe in which it is proper for them to wear. Less was better for
them as we see in the pictures.With it already being so hot down
there, we know the closer to the equator the hotter it gets, so im
sure its better to have less clothes on. The zulu people wear what is
custome to them. Tribal outfits that are very decorative and special
to them.Being that I have study a lot I would have assumed that they
were african american. Espcially with a name like zulu. Its more of a
tribe name.we see that in different areas of the world physical
and/or culture adaption is more informative then the other.just
depnds like japan vs china vs indian. Although there are different
people living there, climates maybe similar and yet they all
defintley believe in different things dress different. Its quite
intresting but baffling at the same time. As for what wwe have
learned about today the zulu from africa, I think that they both have
their own reasoning for being in the study of anthropology and both
can help determine where a person is from or their heritage.
Andean indian
the area in which the Andean Indians live in is within the
tropics, and the seasons are marked more by differences in
precipitation than in temperature. Lowlands tend to be hot, but
elevation tempers the climate on some of the islands and along the
mountain ranges that run through Central America, Colombia, and
Venezuela. Areas of heavy rainfall support dense forest, whereas a
few dry regions support little more than sparse( as I read inan
article).
The Andean
Indians have addapted physically by, having been born and raised
at altitude appears to be substantial advantage in highaltitude
performance compared with having been born and raised at sea
level. A number of characteristics have been postulated to
contribute to a high-altitude Andean phenotype; however, the
relative contributions of developmental adaptation (within the
individual) and genetic adaptation (within the population of which
the individual is part) to the acquisition of this phenotype have
yet to be resolved. A complex trait is influenced by multiple
genetic and environmental factors and, in humans, it is inherently
very difficult to determine what proportion of the trait is
dictated by an individual’s genetic heritage and what proportion
develops in response to the environment in which the person is
born and raised.
The Andean Indians adapted
through culture by domesticating the Alpaca for its hide to use for
clothes and blankets to stay warm especially on the frost bitten
nights. This made them realize that they had to dress diffrently in
that weather, cozzy up is what I call it. Kind of intresting to find
out how they learned to dress to keep so warm. Its rather very
phasanating.When considering Andean Indians you would automatically
just say indian because of their back ground but they are calle
Andean "Indians".complection and hair texture I would stick
with Indian as their race. Now going there would you think in such
climate . Over time they had came together to figure whawt we think
today is probally the obvious.I think that they both have their own
reasoning for being in the study of anthropology and both can help
determine where a person is from or their heritage.
Work cited:
When
one is looking at the indians that are in the andes mountians they
are in a colder climate and there bodies had devleoped to with hold
thoes adapations. They seem to still serve that coldness and build
there culture around it. Which ususally what cultures today do. Not
only do there bodys adjust and there living but the way they do
things. Everything seems to be adjusted to where they live and the
work that is put into it.Meaning that just because its cold doesnt
mean that they arent going ot serve, although unfortunely there are
some people that couldnt take it casue the oxygen levels tend to less
out and it really makes ithard to breath let alone survie for a long
time without. Once they find that level were they cann obtain lving
all year around they adapt quite well. As for the zulu people they
live in a much hotter climate. And they have seasons so as for the
indians they were living in a cold climate that may change but they
didnt know. As for the africans they bodies adapted to hold the heat,
and there skin get darker since they are closer to the sun. they
began to live off the land and grow different things, this helped
them a great deal. Although for both cultures within time it was a
learning process and some suffered losses, now it seems as though
they have really come along way. As for race, indians and africans
come on two different part of the spctrums meaning that its the way
one has seen things today rather then how they protrayed it.
Difference in color of skin really didnt make that much of a
difference as it does today,. It was a way to live and people just
adapt and modify there living while they adjust, over time it was
they had to do ther ebest to survie ther might have been other people
but they didnt let that get into the way as we do today. It seems
that we really can take a lot from them. Another way from my personal
experience is that I have liveind in newyork for eighteen years which
we had gotten all the different seasons, and then we moved out here
were there are no seasons u p to recently its summer and spring, I
have been out here for more or less for tweleve yeas. I used to be
able to really take the cold, and I loved it. Didnt mind walking in
it. Or even shoveling it. Now I get cold at basically anything, which
iw as told my blood thinned out and I have to wear layersm but it
also gets way hot were its hard to breathe and you shouldnt even go
out side cause you can really get skin damage from the sun. so living
out here I adjusted many way but culturaly even the people are
comletly diferent. Back east every one is in your face, blunt out
here people are shy andlayed back. So in regards to the andeans and
the zulu, they are just people living there life that some
higherpower they believe in has givin them making the best of
whatever is thrown at them, we can really learn a lot.
I found the pictures you had posted to be very interesting. They make you feel like you’re standing right next to the individuals in the pictures. I also found in my research that most of the native culture did not survive the arrival of the Europeans. I found it sad that none of those were able to survive past the 17th century (at least not in the same way). The cultures have been transformed yet I believe some aspects of the culture have remained the same through the years.
ReplyDeleteThis is on the right track! Good job on the environment and physical and cultural adaptations. I liked your discussion in the end and how you related it to your own circumstances.
ReplyDeleteA couple of points to address...
Why would Zulu be classified as "African American" if they never lived in America? And is "African" a race? Think about how race is defined, usually by physical characteristics. Is there a certain set of physical characteristics that define all Africans? For example, people from Egypt are also African.
It looks like you have a direct quote in your Andean section. That should be in quotation marks to let people know the text belongs to someone else.
Your discussion at the end was good for the discussion of how populations adapt, but which approach to studying populations is more informative, the adaptive approach or the racial approach?
I too, Vanessa, found the Zulu’s skin to be an adaptation to their environment as it assists them in combating the sun and heat. Without such high melanin pigmentation, I believe their tribe would have deteriorated with the everlasting presence of the sun in their tropical climate. In terms of their clothing, I found that in the case of unmarried women they were only to wear beads as a means of covering up their chest, whereas married women were able to cover up with tops. In many of the pictures available online however much of the tribe (male and female) did seem to walk around partially clothed with a tendency for what I would deem to be culturally relevant clothing (beads, feathers and fur). Their tribe’s environment also seemed to be one that could be more easily adapted to than the Andean Indians, as the Andean Indians experienced a harsher habitat that was cold and at an extremely high altitude.
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