Re: Human races - climate adaptation?
Good maps! The three pockets in Iberia that are classified as semi-arid, correspond to Almería (S. pocket), Los Monegros (NE. pocket), and the third one I'm not sure but it must be Tierra de Campos (NW pocket), the old Campos Gothicos which was the main settlement of the Visigoths (most likely an area of a very low demographic density at the time of their settlement). It's a steppe area.
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