How people in Chile's Atacama Desert evolved to survive drinking arsenic-poisoned water
Image: AI Generated Why the Atacama Desert contains some of the world's highest natural arsenic levels How scientists discovered protective genes that help Andean populations
Image: AI Generated Why the Atacama Desert contains some of the world's highest natural arsenic levels How scientists discovered protective genes that help Andean populations detoxify arsenic Why the people of Quebrada Camarones carry more arsenic-protective gene variants How 7,000 years of natural selection helped humans survive a toxic environment Why the Atacama study changes scientists' understanding of human evolution Why the people of the Atacama Desert remain one of humanity's most extraordinary evolutionary stories
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