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Malaria Jumped From Chimps to Humans

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 4, 2009 2:53 AM CDT

(Newser) – The parasite that causes malaria almost certainly jumped from chimpanzees to humans much like the AIDS virus did, National Geographic reports. Scientists initially believed that the malaria parasite that kills over a million people annually was older than humanity. But new research has found that...   Read full story »

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