Judging by the weather over the past few years, and the now constant chorus from experts, there seems little doubt that climate change is underway. This trend of course raises many major concerns, and the hope (tenuous at best) is that it is not too late to avert catastrophic rises in sea levels, and wild swings in weather behaviour that will impact on all our lives, in ways that are hard to imagine. A side-issue, of possible interest, has emerged from research over the past few decades, showing how human body characteristics have been strongly affected by past climatic influences.
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