Adaptive dimensions of health research among indigenous Siberians

• Published in: American Journal of Human Biology
• Main Authors: Snodgrass, J. Josh, Sorensen, Mark V., Tarskaia, Larissa A., Leonard, William R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2007
• Subjects: Evenki; Sakha; Subarctic; Yakut; Siberia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.20624; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fajhb.20624; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajhb.20624

Abstract Present evidence suggests that modern humans were the first hominid species to successfully colonize high‐latitude environments (≥55°N). Given evidence for a recent (<200,000 years) lower latitude naissance of modern humans, the global dispersal and successful settlement of arctic and su...