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Comparing The Baka To America
The Baka and us Americans both adapt to our environments in ways unique to our culture/location. Both us and the Baka adapt similarly by moderating the amounts of clothing we wear, depending on the seasons. The Baka have only dry and wet seasons, therefore do not have to change clothes as much as we do. We change clothes depending on the season as well, but our changes are much more drastic. We wear sleeveless shirt in the summer, long and short sleeved shirts in the fall and spring and coats and sweaters in the winter. We also both build shelters specific to our environment. The Baka build their shelters out of leaves and wood, while we use less primitive materials such as concrete and steel. This shows adaptation because we both have to

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