Winter - Humans and Winter

Humans and Winter

Humans evolved in tropical climates, and met cold weather as they migrated into Eurasia, although earlier populations certainly encountered Southern Hemisphere winters in Southern Africa. Micro-evolution in Caucasian, Asiatic and Inuit people show some adaptation to the climate.

Read more about this topic:  Winter

Famous quotes containing the words humans and, humans and/or winter:

    “So they took soot from the kiln, and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses threw it in the air, and it caused festering boils on humans and animals.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 9:10.

    “The land is the host and humans merely guests.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “You can’t get too much winter in the winter.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)