Comments on: Did Parasites Drive Human Evolution?

By: toto

toto — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:29:56 +0000

some places where malaria is particularly endemic have a higher population with sickle-cell anaemia, which makes them immune to malaria. O.o

By: John Kwok

John Kwok — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:33:56 +0000

Oh jeezus, not “Stargate SG-1″, please, jasvil. While that may be attractive space opera, what Veronique has written is far more credible than anything Richard Dean Anderson and his castmates could have imagined. It is definitely one that would have mystified Darger and Surplus (A not so subtle hint to those readers who share my enthusiasm for a certain well known pioneering figure of cyberpunk fiction.).

By: Iain

Iain — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:53:52 +0000

@Tal
“our ability to cope with parasites ahould be a major factor in our fitness.”

Exactly and those who prospered …

By: Tal

Tal — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:16:56 +0000

Sounds a bit trivial to me. our ability to cope with parasites ahould be a major factor in our fitness..

By: IW

IW — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:36:34 +0000

You know what this article is missing? A pair o’ cites….

By: jasvll

jasvll — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:20:45 +0000

It was the Gouald, obviously.