Angela
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A while ago I was musing about role of Mt DNA and it's role in cold and hot climates:
http://www.eupedia.com/forum/thread...ergy-production-Do-Mt-U-people-love-to-suntan
I'm mtDna U2e, and obviously so was my mother, and yet our tolerances for heat and humidity were diametrically opposed. It was never too hot for my mother, and high humidity had barely any effect on her. She also absolutely loved sunbathing, although she rarely indulged in it because she was always working.
As for me, it depends, as Maciamo said, where I am. My idea of hell is a humid Florida summer (all of the southeast in fact) and the American midwest at any time of year, because it's freezing cold and humid in the winter and broiling hot and humid in the summer, and the other two seasons barely exist. (Parts of Italy are like that too in certain areas like the Po Valley or even the area around Firenze for example; it might not snow as much, but constant low temperatures and rain can be very unpleasant. ) My preference is a Mediterranean, dry climate, but even then I really don't like it when it gets too hot, and although I love the sensation of the sun on my skin, more than an hour or so of sunbathing can lead to sunburns and even sun poisoning, so I run from shade to shade. I used to blame all this on my father and his Alpine genes. He'd start moaning at the fist warm day after spring ended.
So, I think it's more complicated than just the mtDna. It might be overall adaptation to climate, perhaps?