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Post by firebird1988 on Apr 17, 2022 10:27:28 GMT -5
Humans were built for tropical and near tropical climates originally, they adapted to colder climes in interest of territorial expansion
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Post by desiccatedi85 on Apr 21, 2022 20:53:46 GMT -5
Humans are naturally built for subtropical and warm temperate climates. Areas such as the Mediterranean Basin and China have been historically most developed, populated, and influential, especially in ancient times. In modern day, the trend continues with densely developed, wealthy population centers in the aforementioned regions as well as the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and West Coast of the US, the Southern Cone and highland areas of South America, Western Europe, Korea, Japan, and SE AU. Humans are built for these subtropical and warm temperate regions as they are cool enough to kill off tropical disease but also warm/wet enough to provide for plentiful crop production to sustain a large population. |
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Post by melonside421 on Apr 21, 2022 21:42:49 GMT -5
Any place with an annual average of 10-20°C is the most likely to create civilization more than anything, cause it's cold enough to kill off the bugs and warm enough to feel happy but also productive since warm weather equals production, to some extent, like tuber crops and grains in general. However, grass is able to grow and stay green at atleast 4-5°C, so it may not be 10°C for the low end, but rather, 6°C.
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Post by melonside421 on Apr 21, 2022 21:49:20 GMT -5
Any place with an annual average of 10-20°C is the most likely to create civilization more than anything, cause it's cold enough to kill off the bugs and warm enough to feel happy but also productive since warm weather equals production, to some extent, like tuber crops and grains in general. However, grass is able to grow and stay green at at least 4-5°C, so it may not be 10°C for the low end, but rather, 6°C. Some tuber crops, like Chinese yam and sunchokes for example, can actually be in the ground, albeit dormant, then they shoot out new growth in spring. Idk if this has a big effect on the overall work but what I do know is that potato LEAVES are intolerant to frost, but the actual tuber and roots are safe from that, so it takes a couple of weeks for it to get back on track, provided that the nights stay at least 4-5°C. What I can count as a "proper growing season" would be x amount of nights that are at least the 3-5°C mark. This could probably go for the grass as well, so foraging animals have food to survive milder winter climates, like Ireland, the Faroe Islands, or even Iceland for example. |
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Post by caspase8 on Apr 21, 2022 23:49:22 GMT -5
It really depends on the race/ethnic group of the human. The Pygmies of central Africa for example are "naturally built" for the hot and humid Congo rainforest, while Tibetans are "naturally built" for cold high altitude climates. Caucasians are likewise adapted for temperate climates with low UV indices in winter. The most suitable climate for an average Caucasian, Tibetan or Pygmy person would be quite different.
People have also said that humans are built for subtropical/tropical climates because we can survive in them without clothing, but I don't think this is true. Clothes were apparently invented long before humans lost their hair, meaning we're also "naturally built" to wear clothes and thus to be able to live in cooler climates as well as warmer ones.
The first homosapiens were probably best suited to east African subtropical highland climates, but modern humans are suited to a wide range of climates from tropical rainforest to Arctic tundra.
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Post by Donar on Apr 25, 2022 11:07:35 GMT -5
Humans are naturally built for subtropical and warm temperate climates. Areas such as the Mediterranean Basin and China have been historically most developed, populated, and influential, especially in ancient times. In modern day, the trend continues with densely developed, wealthy population centers in the aforementioned regions as well as the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and West Coast of the US, the Southern Cone and highland areas of South America, Northwestern Europe, Korea, Japan, and SE AU. Humans are built for these subtropical and warm temperate regions as they are cool enough to kill off tropical disease but also warm/wet enough to provide for plentiful crop production to sustain a large population. I don't think agriculture or development index are good criteria to determine what climate humans are naturally built for (what climates support the emergence of industrialised, developed societies best would be another interesting question though). Humans lived in various climates very well even before agriculture emerged, so I would say anywhere that supports human populations without supplies from other regions. That would include anything but the coldest and driest places on earth. Excluding all technology like clothing or fire, a tropical climate would be best of course, but I would see such technologies that we possess since many hundred thousand of years rather as extensions of our body.
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Post by desiccatedi85 on Apr 26, 2022 18:26:28 GMT -5
Humans are naturally built for subtropical and warm temperate climates. Areas such as the Mediterranean Basin and China have been historically most developed, populated, and influential, especially in ancient times. In modern day, the trend continues with densely developed, wealthy population centers in the aforementioned regions as well as the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and West Coast of the US, the Southern Cone and highland areas of South America, Northwestern Europe, Korea, Japan, and SE AU. Humans are built for these subtropical and warm temperate regions as they are cool enough to kill off tropical disease but also warm/wet enough to provide for plentiful crop production to sustain a large population. I don't think agriculture or development index are good criteria to determine what climate humans are naturally built for (what climates support the emergence of industrialised, developed societies best would be another interesting question though). Humans lived in various climates very well even before agriculture emerged, so I would say anywhere that supports human populations without supplies from other regions. That would include anything but the coldest and driest places on earth. Excluding all technology like clothing or fire, a tropical climate would be best of course, but I would see such technologies that we possess since many hundred thousand of years rather as extensions of our body.
Good point. I took the meaning of this thread to be more along the lines of "which climates support developed societies" because I see development as a sign of humans being able to maximize the human potential and thus be "built for" these type of climates where development is advanced. |
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Post by massiveshibe on Apr 7, 2024 13:55:39 GMT -5
Depends on the human. Human is not just one species, there used to be several different species.
Homo Erectus was most likely adapted to Aw climates.
Neanderthals were adapted to Cfb and Dfb climates, and despite the popular belief, they didn't live in tundras, but in the forest steppes of southern europe during ice ages, and they only lived in central europe during interglacial periods.
Anatomically modern humans (aka homo sapiens) originated in the highlands of east africa, so my guess is that the average modern human is built to live in Cwb climates, although some subspecies of homo sapiens like the Cro-Magnon are more adapted to cold.
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