Life above 3000 meters is tough. Not only can the thin air cause gasping and fatigue, but it can also swell brains and fill lungs with fluid, sometimes fatally. Yet people have been living at high altitudes for thousands of years in places like the Andes and the Tibetan Plateau. Now, a group of researchers believes it has identified a key tool that allowed Tibetans to settle at higher and higher elevations: barley. Research link ($): bit.ly/1xJwtgO
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:09:01 +0000
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