What is significant about human settlement on the Plateau of Tibet?

1 Answer
Jul 12, 2018

Much of the plateau is above 3500 meters making it at the extreme altitude for people and crops.

Explanation:

It is possible that long term tibetans have genetic changes that enable them to deal with the lack of oxygen. People in the Andes are in a similar circumstance. It the last 60 to 70 years or so many Chinese have moved to the Tibetan plateau and would have deal with Altitude sickness.