Oh sure. I mean, it takes "special" kind of people to want to settle in these areas back in the real old days. Right? An idea would be that people travelling very far away from where the first human originated (Africa) are the most inclined to be adventurous risk takers. And living up here for centuries made us into the some of the traits I argued for. And perhaps we're K-selected if you have read about r/K-selection theory.