What if your body could survive in places where most people would faint from lack of oxygen? Meet the people who can. From the towering heights of the Himalayas to the thin air of the Andes, some communities have evolved incredible biological adaptations that let them thrive where others can barely breathe. In this video, we dive into the science behind these high-altitude superhumans — exploring what makes their bodies so unique and what it reveals about human evolution. 🌬️💪 Come discover how real-life X-Men walk among us — and how they’ve turned some of the world’s most extreme environments into home. Credit: ITCOG / YouTube CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/: Generations of Sherpa: by TseRigs, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Younger_Generations_of_Sherpa_in_Traditional_Costumes.jpg Village house: by Vyacheslav Argenberg / http://www.vascoplanet.com/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pangboche,_Village_house,_Nepal.jpg Chogori: by Zacharie Grossen, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chogori.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/: Sherpa: by Gac, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sherpa.jpg Sherpa House: by Moralist, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sherpa_House.JPG Sherpa carrying woods: by Chagai, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sherpa_carrying_woods.JPG Thame Gompa: by Moralist, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thame_Gompa.JPG Hillary statue: by Jonathan Keelty, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/, https://flic.kr/p/GTZgE, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hillary_statue_and_Mount_Cook.jpg Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay: by Jamling Tenzing Norgay, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, CC BY-SA 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/, CC BY-SA 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edmund_Hillary_and_Tenzing_Norgay.jpg Animation is created by Bright Side. —————————————————————————————- Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz —————————————————————————————- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru —————————————————————————————- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me
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