Why did humans decide to settle down in very harsh environments like Siberia or the Saharan Desert, why not live in places more moderate and more accepting to life and civilization?
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As humans advanced there would of come a point where it was safer and easier to learn to adapt to a harsh environment than try and develop better technology to deal with other humans. The fact is that if you can thrive in a harsh environment you are less likely to have to deal with other humans invading your home because who wants to march through a desert just to conquer a small tribe with limited resources.
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Because …. Other human…. Human are cruel, they fought over good resources, and drove out their competitors
It happened in the past and still is
For example. The fertile land in eastern USA were home for many first nation people. Now where are they?. Other human from distant land drove them out
We are a smart highly adaptable species and inherently tribal and capable of unlimited cruelty to anything outside our particular tribe, an evolutionary and primal survival trait that will take us to the stars or extinction
In regards to the Sahara, we didn’t for the most part. Humans lived above and below it where it was more hospitable and treks across were prepared for thoroughly.