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These Korean women divers have evolved traits to survive in frigid water

Legendary ‘women of the sea’ in South Korea freedive well into their 80s. A new study hints at how

It’s Not in Your Head – Why 50-Degree-F Days Feel Warmer in Spring Than in Fall

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Woman the Hunter

How to adapt to the extreme cold, according to Finnish reindeer herders

Did Neanderthals wear clothes?

Humans at extremes: biological underpinnings of our evolution

Against Female the Gatherer with Dr. Cara Ocobock

How your body adapts to extreme cold: scientists are finding a dynamic story in human physiology linked to frigid temperatures – a story that climate change may rewrite

Women Were Also Skilled Hunters in Ancient Times

Did men evolve to hunt and women to gather?

Hartnäckiger Mythos: Mannist Jäger und Frau Sammlerin (Persistent myth: Man is hunter and woman is gatherer)

Woman the Hunter with Dr. Ocobock and Dr. Lacy

Woman the Hunter: WashU alums collaborate to challenge gender stereotypes of early humans

Prehistory: the roles of “men hunters” and “women gatherers” once again called into question by a study

Woman the Hunter

Woman the hunter as told by Sarah Lacy and Cara Ocobock

Paleo myth clubbed on the head – ‘man the hunter, woman the gatherer’ is just not true

How large body sizes helped the colonizers of New Zealand

Researchers Assess Reindeer Herders’ Cold Climate Adaptations

Dutkit árvalit, ahte dálkkádatnuppástus sáhttá čuohcat olbmuid dearvvasvuhtii – Anáris dutket boazodoalliid ja kantuvrabargiid dearvvasvuođa (Scientists suggest that climate change may affect human health. – Reindeer herders and clerical workers for health care are being studied in Inari)

COVID Impact on Morning Chalk Up Readers Fitness Routines Published in Academic Study

Specialist Spotlight: Human biologist, Dr. Cara Ocobock on the evolution of metabolic physiology and the environmental effects on the body

Anthropologist Cara Ocobock earns Human Biology Association’s Early Career Award for research, teaching, and service

What is the coldest city?

Notre Dame experts reflect on aspects of the Olympics, from athletic performance to human rights violations

The Winter Olympics, Equality in Sports, and Exercising in the Cold

Human Energetics Research with Dr. Cara Ocobock

Why sexism is still a problem at the most ‘gender-equal’ Olympics

Neanderthals Adjusted Well to Cold Climates, Researchers Tell Us How

Neanderthals were the human species best adapted to cold. Here’s why

Make another damn pie!

Professor develops science kits with an eye on accessibility and equity

Energetics and Science Communication

Making Science Accessible to All during COVID-19

It may be cold and snowy outside, but winter activities are some of the best ways to get fit, experts say

Experiment in access to science successful at St. Adalbert

Kitted up with Ruby’s Lab Manual: Notre Dame community gifts experiment supply kits

The surprising health benefits of exercising in the cold

Women’s higher resting metabolic rates in cold environments could be thyroid requirements for pregnancy, researcher says

How are reindeer herders in the Arctic circle metabolically adapted to cold climates?

Are 50-Degree Workouts the New Hot yoga?

“Baby it’s cold outside.”