人类疟疾起源于黑猩猩。
新的基因取样技术使得来自法国，喀麦隆，加蓬和美国的科学家在喀麦隆找到了野生大猩猩和黑猩猩的粪便中的疟疾寄生虫的证据。
New genetic sampling techniques allowed scientists from France, Cameroon, Gabon and the US to examine evidence of malaria parasites in the faecal matter of wild gorillas and chimpanzees in Cameroon.
他们证实使引起许多疟疾发病的寄生虫与他们在黑猩猩中发现的寄生虫有着紧密的遗传相关性。
They found evidence the parasite that causes most cases of malaria is a close genetic relative of a parasite found in chimpanzees.
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