People's bodies now run cooler than 'normal' – even in the Bolivian Amazon
- Written by Michael Gurven, Professor of Anthropology, University of California Santa Barbara
Michael Gurven, CC BY-ND
Feeling under the weather? Chances are you or your doctor will grab a thermometer, take your temperature and hope for the familiar 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius) everyone recognizes as “normal.”
But what is normal and why does...
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