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waynest

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on: Jul 10, 2018

How many plants have been domesticated?

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What is the main treatment of malaria?

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Swizqar

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Over the course of human history, several thousand species of plants have been used for food, but less than a hundred of these were ever domesticated.

Answer to Question 2

The main treatment of malaria is quinine, a component of the bark of the cinchona tree.

waynest

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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018

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