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minus-squareBeardedSingleMalt@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up29·7 months agoIt’s been a while but I think they tried to establish 100F as the average human body temperature. But after they established that baseline turns out they were off by 1.4 degrees and couldn’t change it.
minus-squaregentooer@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-27 months agoPeople’s body temperature used to be higher a century ago, but I think it was less then 1°C. EDIT: Apparently since the early 1800s, men’s body temperature changed about 0.59°C and women’s about 0.32°C.
minus-squaresadbehr@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoThat’s really interesting. Does anyone know why?
minus-squaregentooer@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoI believe there’s a theory that the average person had at least one source of inflammation in their body.
It’s been a while but I think they tried to establish 100F as the average human body temperature. But after they established that baseline turns out they were off by 1.4 degrees and couldn’t change it.
People’s body temperature used to be higher a century ago, but I think it was less then 1°C.
EDIT: Apparently since the early 1800s, men’s body temperature changed about 0.59°C and women’s about 0.32°C.
That’s really interesting. Does anyone know why?
I believe there’s a theory that the average person had at least one source of inflammation in their body.