Novel testable predictions- EAs will tolerate close quarters group confinement (igloos/tents) better & have more Arcticist traits vs other ancestry ppl, controlled for pastoralism: Mongols vs Cossacks, Berbers, Somalis- & rice farming: South🇨🇳/🇯🇵/🇰🇷 vs Indians, Malays, N.Italians. - ThreadSky

arcticinstincts.bsky.social • 5 days ago

Novel testable predictions- EAs will tolerate close quarters group confinement (igloos/tents) better & have more Arcticist traits vs other ancestry ppl, controlled for pastoralism: Mongols vs Cossacks, Berbers, Somalis- & rice farming: South🇨🇳/🇯🇵/🇰🇷 vs Indians, Malays, N.Italians.

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arcticinstincts.bsky.social•5 days ago

It already has successful predictions-

In Singapore, ethnic Chinese have only 1/6th the rate of claustrophobia vs Malays & Indians, despite all w same national upbringing/rice farm ancestry. 🌾

EA polar expeditioners have higher endurance, motivation, psych stability than N.American ones ⛷️

arcticinstincts.bsky.social•5 days ago

Are these traits genetic, epigenetic or cultural? It may be one, or a mix. Polar studies show selective pressures, but w/o future gene studies, we don't know. This paper can guide the difficult search for polygenic traits. East Asian parenting is known to transmit and enforce these traits

arcticinstincts.bsky.social•5 days ago

Is this environmental/geographic determinism? No, recent climato-econ & socioecology research shows some environments can be more deterministic than others. Especially ones like the Arctic whose selective pressures caused severe bottleneck events, and shaped morphology/genetics/medical markers.

arcticinstincts.bsky.social•5 days ago

The well known distinctly EA combo of sociocultural problems (excessive conformity, emotional repression, death by overwork, shyness, image obsession, introversion, risk aversion, social sensitivity etc) may be mainly remnants of ancient Arcticism, & not Confucianism/agriculture.

arcticinstincts.bsky.social•5 days ago

Paper out soon on the effects of ancestral tropics and heat stress, and temperate habitats on other major ancestry folks

Perhaps humans do not perceive life & our modern world as it is, but rather as a cumulative reflection of all the diverse habitats our ancestors survived in.

arcticinstincts.bsky.social•5 days ago

If you have thoughts on the paper, the journal is accepting academic-level commentaries w June 30 deadline, max 15 pg dbl space incl references. Feel free to invite other scholars to read & comment. If interested, DM me for editor's email.

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