Our extinct cousins, the Denisovans, reached the Tibetan Plateau (nicknamed 'the roof of the world' because it sits, on average,13,000 feet above sea level) about 160,000 years ago β 120,000 years earlier than previous estimates for Homo Sapiens & passed on a gene to survive high altitude life. anthropology.net/p/denisoβ¦
Tibetan fox (Vulpes ferrilata) and Plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) v.redd.it/pc5pfcwt4p681
Shrinking Glaciers and Growing Lakes - As temperatures rise on the Tibetan Plateau, lakes are growing larger and deeper earthobservatory.nasa.govβ¦
Topographic Map of Asia. Tibetan Plateau is just massive!
Archaeological and genetic evidence suggests Denisovans populated the Tibetan plateau long before modern humans, passing on genes for survival at high altitude ucdavis.edu/news/study-moβ¦
Satellite imagery from Nov shows a buildup of Chinese H-6 bombers at Golmud Airport on Tibetan plateau. US Department of Defence has taken note of the H-6 for its long-range precision strike capability. Deployments have been seen as a signal to India not to escalate on disputed border mobile.twitter.com/JackDeβ¦
Topographic profiles across the Alps (grey envelope) VS the Himalayas (red envelope). Mont Blanc, the highest point in the alps, is below the mean elevation of parts of the Tibetan Plateau
Yaks are long-haired cattle found throughout the Himalayan region, the Tibetan Plateau, and parts of Myanmar, China, Mongolia and Siberia. Females typically give birth to a single calf which is able to walk within minutes of birth. Here we see a playful newborn yak nudging its mom to get up. v.redd.it/k9yvqnbjdje71
WI: A Mini Tibetan Plateau formed on the Southern side of the Himalayas?
Tibetan plateau was formed after the collision of the Indian and the Eurasian plates.
In an ATL, what if a Tibetan plateau was formed even on the Southern side of the Himalayas with cold temperatures and snow cover throughout the year? How would the World and Civilization look like? How would Humans migrate and evolve?
Archaeological and genetic evidence suggests Denisovans populated the Tibetan plateau long before modern humans, passing on genes for survival at high altitude ucdavis.edu/news/study-moβ¦
Satellite photos show China rotating fighters to air bases near disputed territory w/ India |J-16 fighter jets & KJ-500 early warning aircraft at Hotan near Aksai Chin in Dec |J-10s, J-11s & early warning aircraft w/ H-6s at Golmud on Tibetan plateau in Nov mobile.twitter.com/JackDeβ¦
Mount Everest viewed from the Tibetan Plateau
Serenity in the plateau - The peaceful liberation of Tibet, in the style of Tibetan Thangka by Han Shuli, 2008
Our extinct cousins, the Denisovans, reached the Tibetan Plateau (nicknamed 'the roof of the world' because it sits, on average,13,000 feet above sea level) about 160,000 years ago β 120,000 years earlier than previous estimates for Homo Sapiens & passed on a gene to survive high altitude life. anthropology.net/p/denisoβ¦
Eat the Buddha: Reportage on the Tibetan Plateau youtube.com/watch?v=JihJKβ¦
Denisovans or Homo Sapiens: Who Were the First to Settle Permanently on the Tibetan Plateau? arkeonews.net/denisovans-β¦
Route and Elevation Profile of China's upcoming Xi'ning - Chengdu route (200km/h), crossing Tibetan Plateau/Settlements
Denisovans or Homo Sapiens: Who Were the First to Settle Permanently on the Tibetan Plateau? arkeonews.net/denisovans-β¦
Tibetan Plateau and the Geography of China bilibili.com/video/BV1b64β¦
China Is Building A Massive Helicopter Base On The Tibetan Plateau thedrive.com/the-war-zoneβ¦
Topographic Map of Asia. Tibetan Plateau is just massive!
Scientists who study glacier ice have found viruses nearly 15,000 years old in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China. Most of those viruses, which survived because they had remained frozen, are unlike any viruses that have been catalogued to date. euroweeklynews.com/2021/0β¦
2 J-16s flying above Tibetan Plateau [1200 x 800] imgur.com/6Juppuv
As temperatures rise on the Tibetan Plateau, lakes are growing larger and deeper earthobservatory.nasa.govβ¦
Shrinking Glaciers and Growing Lakes - As temperatures rise on the Tibetan Plateau, lakes are growing larger and deeper earthobservatory.nasa.govβ¦
CGTN: "Reborn on the Plateau - I was a Serf", a new Tibetan serfdom documentary. youtu.be/pNWGBVeY0BY
Found A Small Village On The Tibetan Plateau. Are the darker marks around the structures damp soil or are those scorch marks?
The Himalayas, or Himalaya; Sanskrit: IPA, himΓ‘ and Δ-laya, are a mountain range in South and East Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has many of Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest, at the border between Nepal and China.
Chinese astronomers eye Tibetan Plateau site for observatory project space.com/china-astronomyβ¦
New potential world class astronomical observing site identified near Lenghu on the Tibetan Plateau xinhuanet.com/english/202β¦
this cutie is a Manul, aka Pallasβs cat. itβs native to the Himalayas, Tibetan Plateau, South Siberian Mountains etc. their diet consists of rodents and small mammals and is placed as βleast concernβ on the IUCN Red List of 2020. Manuls are solitary animals and can live up to 11 years (ic).
Are the imprints on this travertine panel the earliest evidence of art? Provocative work from Quesang on the Tibetan Plateau dates this handprint/footprint panel between 169,000 and 226,000 years ago.
https://i.imgur.com/7CfRXpR.jpg
Research Abstract- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095927321006174?via%3Dihub=&s=09
Fossils of one of the largest land animals ever found in China, the newfound species roamed between what is now the Tibetan Plateau and Pakistan more than 25 million years ago nationalgeographic.com/scβ¦
