Cultural adaptations to the differential threats posed by hot versus cold climates

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 36 (5):497 - 498 (2013)
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Abstract

Hot and cold climates have posed differential threats to human survival throughout history. Cold temperatures can pose direct threats to survival in themselves, whereas hot temperatures may pose threats indirectly through higher prevalence of infectious disease. These differential threats yield convergent predictions for the relationship between more demanding climates and freedom of expression, but divergent predictions for freedom from discrimination

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