And warmth, in the end, was all she needed.

The History Of Cold And Human Survival

Jean Hilliard’s case did not exist in a scientific vacuum.

To understand it properly requires understanding the longer history of how humans have encountered cold, survived it, died from it, and gradually developed the knowledge that made Sather’s treatment of her possible.

Cold has been a fact of human experience since before our species evolved its current form.

The Ice Ages that shaped the environments of our ancestors were characterized by temperatures that, across large portions of the northern hemisphere, made winter survival a constant challenge.