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Malaria Reference library
James L. A. Webb
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
...Other hemoglobin mutations, such as thalassemia and sickle cell, offered protection against falciparum, but they exacted a heavy cost. Following the expansion of Homo sapiens from Africa into Eurasia, malaria became more broadly distributed. In the aftermath of the Neolithic agricultural revolutions, malarial infections became more prevalent, as human population densities increased. Across the Eurasian landmass, vivax was probably the most common and was particularly dominant to the north of the subtropics, owing to the warmer temperatures required by the...
Drugs and Narcotics Reference library
Patricia Barton, Patricia Barton, Monica Rankin, Kathryn Meyer, Patricia Barton, Patricia Barton, Monica Rankin, and Joseph J. Hobbs
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
...uses in Anatolia. His Bronze Age culture anthropomorphized the poppy, dedicating it to the god of dreams, Morpheus. The earliest geographic range of cannabis ( Cannabis indica , C. sativa ) is uncertain, but the plant's euphoric properties were apparently known as early as the Neolithic Age in Europe, and cannabis usage is documented in the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and the Indus River Valley. Some authorities believe cannabis was the divine soma plant of the Aryan culture in India and Central Asia. The stimulant khat ( Catha edulis ) is widely...
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