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Prehistory and the DNA of Lice

January 29, 2013February 12, 2013 ~ David Tollen ~ 3 Comments

Anthropologists think they know when humans started wearing clothes. How could they possibly know that, you might ask, when clothes don’t fossilize? After all, we’re talking about a period before written records or even cave paintings. The answer comes from the genes of lice. Continue reading “Prehistory and the DNA of Lice” →

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