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Title: Human Body Lice Reveal the Birthdate of Fashion
Url: https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2003/09/02/937424.htm
Creator: Lorenzi, Rossella
Publisher: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Description: This site, from Australian Broadcasting Corporation, relates how the evolution of human body lice was made possible when we developed the habit of wearing clothes some 40,000 years ago. "'This ecological differentiation [between lice which lay their eggs in the scalp and those that lay their eggs in clothes) probably arose when humans adopted frequent use of clothing,' write the researchers. Thus, an indirect measure of when our ancestors first wore clothes would have emerged by figuring out when body lice first appeared, the researchers concluded."
LC Classification: Science -- Natural history. Biology -- Biology (General) -- Evolution -- Coevolution
Science -- Zoology -- Invertebrates -- Arthropoda -- Insects -- Anoplura (Sucking lice)
Science -- Zoology -- Invertebrates -- Arthropoda -- Insects -- Anoplura (Sucking lice) -- Systematic divisions. By family, A-Z -- Pediculidae
Science -- Zoology -- Invertebrates -- Arthropoda -- Insects -- Evolution. Phylogeny. Speciation
GEM Subject: Science
Science -- Biology
Science -- Biological and life sciences
Science -- Ecology
Social studies
Social studies -- Anthropology
Key Concept: Ecology -- Coevolution
Ecology -- Evolution
Agriculture -- Insects and pests
Agriculture -- Zoology
Date Issued: 2003-09-02
Resource Type: Reference Material
Format: Document -- HTML
Audience: Educator
Learner
Education Level: High School
Middle School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education
Language: English
Rights: ABC
Access Rights: Free access
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