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A new study has found that for the past 10,000 years, populations on the Tibetan Plateau have developed particular adaptations to survive in the low-oxygen conditions surrounding the region. While most people would succumb to hypoxia - a condition in which the body is unable to get enough oxygen - the Tibetan communities have thrived despite the thin air.
The study shows humans are still undergoing evolution in the sense that they adapt to such difficult living situations. In Tibet, for instance, where levels of oxygen exist much lower compared to sea levels, people act normally, though mountain climbers encounter altitude sickness due to the problem of low availability of oxygen levels.
While it would be hard to breathe in the region's thin air, generations of Tibetan people have adapted to the situation, making their bodies optimised to obtain as much oxygen as possibl...
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