People have been blaming the wrong episode in history for endowing our species with tapeworms, according to parasitologists.
Adult tapeworms injected with ink show the intricate branches of the worm uterus. The species that people catch from raw
beef (above) has more of
these branches than the tapeworm associated
with raw pork (below). CDC
For decades, most scientists assumed that humanity picked up tapeworms while domesticating cattle and pigs some 10,000 years ago, explains Eric P.
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