Malaria-carrying mosquitoes shaped early human settlement in sub-Saharan Africa for 74,000 years, as humans avoided disease hotspots. A sickle cell mutation arose 15,000 years ago, offering protection and enabling expansion into new areas, revealing disease's critical role in human evolution.
Malaria Shaped Where Early Humans Settled
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