Bolivia’s Tsimane people’s average body temperature fell half a degree in 16 years

A new study adds to evidence that 37° Celsius, or 98.6° Fahrenheit, is no longer the norm

Members of Indigenous Bolivian group Tsimane

Members of an Indigenous Bolivian group known as the Tsimane travel along the Maniqui River in a dugout canoe.

M. Gurven

Indigenous Bolivian Amazon dwellers are helping to bolster recent findings that normal body temperature, around 37° Celsius, or 98.6°