While conducting a study on hypoxia among individuals living in the Peruvian Andes, you have been able to show that individuals in the population have likely suffered hypoxia and/or resided there for long periods of time.You know this because

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The fact that individuals who moved to the region as children have greater lung volumes than individuals who moved to the area as adults suggests that those who lived in the hypoxic conditions for longer periods of time were able to adapt and develop larger lung volumes. This is a known physiological response to hypoxia. The other options, smaller chest cavity and low red blood cell counts, are not necessarily indicative of hypoxia adaptation and could have other explanations.

While Conducting a Study on Hypoxia Among Individuals Living in the Peruvian