Ethiopian Highlanders
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This demonstrates the multiple possible paths to the same functional outcome (surviving at high altitude).
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Human populations living at high altitude in Ethiopia that evolved adaptations to hypoxia through unclear mechanisms - not elevated hemoglobin like Andeans, not EPAS1 mutations like Tibetans. This demonstrates the multiple possible paths to the same functional outcome (surviving at high altitude).