| archaic inheritance: supporting high-altitude life in tibet. | the tibetan plateau, often called the roof of the world, sits at an average altitude exceeding 4,500 m. because of its extreme altitude, the plateau is one of the harshest human-inhabited environments in the world. this, however, did not impede human colonization, and the tibetan people have made the tibetan plateau their home for many generations. many studies have quantified their markedly different physiological response to altitude and proposed that tibetans were genetically adapted. recentl ... | 2015 | 26294746 |