Monday, October 5, 2015

Parasites

The 2015 Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to researchers who found novel treatments for diseases caused by parasites.  The map in the linked article showing where parasitic diseases are a concern. This seems not very different from some important geographic regions in the study of prehistory, suggesting that parasitic diseases could be an important big picture factor in shaping prehistory, especially after accounting for shifting climates over time.

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