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Early humans avoided malaria, shaping distribution of populations
April 24, 2026
LIVERPOOL, England, April 24 -- The University of Liverpool issued the following news release:

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Early humans avoided malaria, shaping distribution of populations

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A new study suggests that for the last 74,000 years, malaria shaped where early humans could live in Africa-fragmenting populations and influencing patterns of genetic exchange long before recorded history.

Increasing evidence suggests that our species emerged thro . . .

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