Oldest Malarial Mummies Shed Light on Disease Evolution

Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 13:28 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Egyptian mummies with malaria and two skeletons from Israel that had tuberculosis are helping scientists understand how and why disease-causing organisms evolve.

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