How humans adapt to hot climates learned from the recent research on tropical indigenes

How humans adapt to hot climates learned from the recent research on tropical indigenes

Abstract This review mainly aimed to introduce the findings of research projects comparing the responses of tropical and temperate indigenes to heat. From a questionnaire survey on thermal sensation and comfort of Indonesians and Japanese, we found that the thermal descriptor “cool” in tropical indi...

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Main Authors: Yutaka Tochihara, Hitoshi Wakabayashi, Joo-Young Lee, Titis Wijayanto, Nobuko Hashiguchi, Mohamed Saat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-07-01
Series:Journal of Physiological Anthropology
Subjects:
Human heat adaptation
Tropical and temperate indigenes
Thermal sensation
Cutaneous thermal sensitivity
Decay of acclimatization
Cognitive function
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40101-022-00302-3

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40101-022-00302-3

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