8000-year-old mutation helps Tibetans thrive at high altitudes

By Nicky Phillips
Updated August 23 2014 - 10:23am, first published August 18 2014 - 4:00am

In an environment where most people struggle to survive, Tibetans are thriving in the thin air of the Tibetan Plateau and now an international study has uncovered one mechanism their bodies use to cope with these high altitudes.

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