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What’s Behind The Strange Drop in American Body Temperatures Over The Past 200 Years?

Science Alert

By CARLY CASSELLA

31 OCTOBER 2021

 

The human body is often said to rest at a healthy internal temperature of 37 degrees Celsius, or 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

This average was established two centuries ago in France, and yet in the meantime, it seems our ‘normal’ physiology has changed ever so slightly.