Early humans avoided malaria-prone regions, which fragmented populations and influenced human evolution and genetic diversity. Modern humans may not have emerged from one birthplace, but from a shifting mosaic of populations spread across Africa. For decades, scientists have looked mainly to climate to explain where those groups lived and how they interacted. Now, new research [...] Study Reveals Malaria’s Hidden Role in Human Evolution
Early humans avoided malaria-prone regions, which fragmented populations and influenced human evolution and genetic diversity. Modern humans may not have emerged from one birthplace, but from a shifting mosaic of populations spread across Africa. For decades, scientists have looked mainly to climate to explain where those groups lived and how they interacted. Now, new research [...] 

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