Researchers examine the decline in average body temperature among healthy adults over the past two decades
A Tsimane family in a traditional house with no walls. Credit: Michael Gurven In the nearly two centuries since German physician Carl Wunderlich established 98.6°F (37 C) as the standard “normal” body temperature, it has been used by parents and doctors alike as the measure by which fevers—and often the severity of illness—have been assessed. […]
