https://twitter.com/crimkadid/status/1264783217237909514The muscular bulk of Pacific Islanders allows them to shiver more effectively than other people, but anthropologists have also noticed that they just seem to shiver less. Why? A group measuring Polynesian skulls uncovered a neurological cold adaptation I had never heard of: the infraorbital foramen through which sensory nerves travel are abnormally narrow and the proposed result is that Polynesians skin sensitivity is reduced: sci-hub.se/https://www.ta…
https://twitter.com/crimkadid/status/1265305840162082816The highest levels of omega-3 fatty acids are found in fish consuming populations like the Japanese and Norwegians. In these people you see a distinctive combination of ultra-low homicide rates and skin which seems to magically reflect light: Scandinavians don't much sunburn.