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Ancient mosquitoes developed a taste for early hominins, research reveals

The preference of some mosquitoes in the Anopheles leucosphyrus (Leucosphyrus) group—including those that transmit malaria—for feeding on humans may have evolved in response to the arrival of early hominins in Southeast Asia around 1.8 million years ago. The findings are published in Scientific Repo...

Ancient mosquitoes developed a taste for early hominins, research reveals
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The preference of some mosquitoes in the Anopheles leucosphyrus (Leucosphyrus) group—including those that transmit malaria—for feeding on humans may have evolved in response to the arrival of early hominins in Southeast Asia around 1.8 million years ago. The findings are published in Scientific Reports.

Originally published at Phys.org

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