My first scientific paper went viral on X w 1m+ views, follows from top scholars, founders, but also gulag threats. My new peer-reviewed APA paper shows general East Asian personality may be shaped by selective pressures of Ice Age Siberia ~20000 yrs ago❄️ 📖 doi.org/10.1037/ebs0000373 How so?🧵👇 - ThreadSky

arcticinstincts.bsky.social • 5 days ago

My first scientific paper went viral on X w 1m+ views, follows from top scholars, founders, but also gulag threats.

My new peer-reviewed APA paper shows general East Asian personality may be shaped by selective pressures of Ice Age Siberia ~20000 yrs ago❄️

📖 https://doi.org/10.1037/ebs0000373

How so?🧵👇

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arcticinstincts.bsky.social•5 days ago

On a hike in the Peruvian Andes, I met a Native American (NA) lady who had identical looks, gait, & vibes as my East Asian (EA) mom. Why? I later learned EAs & NAs share Siberian ancestry & had an epiphany. A hypothesis was born.

What if EA psychology was also shaped by Siberia?

arcticinstincts.bsky.social•5 days ago

Out of Africa human migrations are used in bio/genetics (but not psych) to model adaptation to ancient environments, like lactose tolerance🥛, metabolism. My method reviews studies of local workers & indigenous ppl to see if local ecology induces/selects for specific psych traits

arcticinstincts.bsky.social•5 days ago

EAs mainly descend from Ancient Northern East Asians around the Ice Age, w cold adapted bio/genes: high epicanthic eyefolds, PAC glaucoma, long torso/short lower limbs🏋🏻‍♂️, lighter skin, EDAR V370A, LEPR, TRIB2, ABCC11, CGC-type, FADS, ADAM17 etc. But how about psych adaptations🤔?

arcticinstincts.bsky.social•5 days ago

Armed w Sci-Hub, I sifted 100s of obscure papers on Inuit (who share Siberian ancestry w EA) & polar workers🥶. I found despite EA psych/personality being on an extreme end of global spectrum, Inuit & successful polar staff have the same psych profile, personality, & worldviews

arcticinstincts.bsky.social•5 days ago

EAs & Inuit share traits of notably high emotional suppression, ingroup harmony & unassertiveness, indirectness, introversion, perseverance, self-consciousness, social sensitivity, risk aversion, visuospatial IQ, & worldviews. But does the Arctic cause this in polar workers? ❄️

arcticinstincts.bsky.social•5 days ago

Polar psychologists found the same traits to be adaptive & linked to success, & opposite traits to failure. The results are so consistent they've been refined into polar personnel selection criteria used in 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇳🇿🇩🇰🇳🇴 polar programs- mirroring ancient natural selection for traits

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