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I wonder if most people had similar levels of parasites before sanitation became common.
by skummetmaelk 9y ago
I wonder if most people had similar levels of parasites before sanitation became common.
- askvictor 9y agoThere is a theory that humans co evolved with gut worms, and only very recently live without them; certain body functions improve when worms are present: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_parasitic_worms_on_the_immune_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_parasitic_worms_o...
- 55555 9y agoGoogle helminthic therapy and old friends hypothesis.
- stephengillie 9y agoConsider parasites as a tax on the calories consumed. Evading this tax was beneficial to our existence.