Evolution in action: How ethnic Tibetan women thrive in thin oxygen at high altitudes

PHYSorg
Oct 21, 2024, 3:00 pm176 pts
Breathing thin air at extreme altitudes presents a significant challenge—there's simply less oxygen with every lungful. Yet, for more than 10,000 years, Tibetan women living on the high Tibetan Plateau have not only survived but thrived in that environment.

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