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Cynthia Beall

Anthropology’s Cynthia Beall examines human adaptations to mountain living

Life in the cold, thin air

Global Press JournalCynthia Beall, Distinguished University Professor, the Sarah Idell Pyle Professor of Anthropology and co-director of the Center for Research on Tibet, discussed how populations that live at high altitudes have adapted to thin air and the effects of climate change.