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  • Scientists Explain Origins of High-Altitude Adaptations in Tibetans

    High elevation adaptations in current day Tibetans likely originated 30,000 years ago. These genes were passed on to modern day Tibetans, who migrated from lower elevations, via population mixing, and then amplified by natural selection, according to a new study by scientists from the University of Chicago and Case Western Reserve University, published in Nature Communications.