Recent studies have used ancient Plasmodium genomes to trace the history of human malaria over the past 5,500 years. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, identified trade, warfare, colonialism, and slavery as key factors in the global spread of malaria.
Ancient DNA shows people and the Plasmodium parasite, which infects blood cells and causes malaria, share a long history. https://t.co/jlAJjpSoy2
A new study tracks malaria over 5,500 years, with trade, warfare, colonialism, and slavery identified as major factors in its global spread https://t.co/5HIxm7luJs
In a new study, an international team of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, reconstructed the evolutionary history and global spread of malaria over the past 5,500 years. https://t.co/sCeno7bija
Malaria History, Colonization-Related Spread Revealed in Ancient DNA Sequencing Study https://t.co/NaJshjFKWo
Ancient Plasmodium genomes shed light on the history of human malaria | Nature https://t.co/zoAbnZPrcC
Tracking entwined histories of malaria, humans — Harvard Gazette https://t.co/HhClIrnNYx