Reaching the Tibetan Plateau is notoriously challenging due to its high elevations and the surrounding mountain ranges.Considering environmental pressures such as low temperatures and precipitations,patchy resources,a...Reaching the Tibetan Plateau is notoriously challenging due to its high elevations and the surrounding mountain ranges.Considering environmental pressures such as low temperatures and precipitations,patchy resources,and especially hypoxia,continued survival in the region requires both biological and behavioral adaptations.This is probably why for a long time the Plateau was considered among the last regions occupied by human beings.展开更多
基金supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research (2019QZKK0601)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB26030200 and XDA2004010102)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (42072033 and 41977380)the National Social Science Foundation of China (21@WTK001)。
文摘Reaching the Tibetan Plateau is notoriously challenging due to its high elevations and the surrounding mountain ranges.Considering environmental pressures such as low temperatures and precipitations,patchy resources,and especially hypoxia,continued survival in the region requires both biological and behavioral adaptations.This is probably why for a long time the Plateau was considered among the last regions occupied by human beings.