
Malaria Jumped to Humans From Chimps, According to NG Emerging Explorer
ByMary Anne Potts
August 7, 2009
Text by Annie Hay
A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that scientists may have determined that the origin of the disease malaria was initially introduced to humans by chimpanzees, as reported in the Washington Post
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