Notes and queries: Between the malarial devil and the sickle-cell sea; It's Not Dark Yet for Bob Dylan; What to do in an earthquake: find a cow

Between the malarial devil and the sickle-cell sea; It's Not Dark Yet for Bob Dylan; What to do in an earthquake: find a cowWhy has mankind not developed resistance to malaria? No doubt our remotest primate ancestors developed resistance to the proto-malaria parasite that was infecting them at the time – and which promptly evolved its own counter-measures in return. Over the millennia, this arms race has built up the astonishingly complex life cycle of the parasite, and the intricacies of our...

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