Early hominin arrival in Southeast Asia triggered the evolution of major human malaria vectors
Upasana Shyamsunder Singh, Ralph E. Harbach, Jeffery Hii, Moh Seng Chang, Pradya Somboon, Anil Prakash, Devojit Kumar Sarma, Ben S Broomfield, Katy Morgan, Sandra Albert, Aparup Das, Yvonne‐Marie Linton, Jane M. Carlton, Catherine Walton
The paper uses phylogenomic analysis to show that anthropophily in Southeast Asian Anopheles mosquitoes evolved in response to early hominin arrival in Sundaland around 1.8 million years ago.
Scientific Reports · Feb 26, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology