Comment on Why did the first people to settle in very cold climates decide to settle in such a harsh climate?
Nibodhika@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My guess would be that it happened gradually. Someone living in a place where the minimum temperature is 15 might be willing to move north to a place where the minimum temperature is 13 as long as other factors are better for him. Couple of generations later you have someone who’s living in a place where the minimum temperature is 13 willing to go north to a place where the minimum temperature is 10, so on and so forth.
superkret@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
It happened even more gradually.
Your kids moved out of the house when they were adults and built their own, half a mile over the next hill north, cause the other good spots were taken. Repeat x 10000 and you’ve “migrated” all over the globe.