From: Phys.org
by Danielle Torrent
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2011-01-lice-dna-humans-wore-years.html#jCp
by Danielle Torrent
In this photo taken
Nov. 4, 2010, University of Florida researcher David Reed is lead
investigator on a five-year study following the evolution of lice that
found modern humans first began wearing clothes about 170,000 years ago,
a technology which enabled them to successfully migrate out of Africa.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2011-01-lice-dna-humans-wore-years.html#jCp
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In this photo taken Nov. 4, 2010,
University of Florida researcher David Reed is lead investigator on a
five-year study following the evolution of lice that found modern
humans first began wearing clothes about 170,000 years ago, a
technology which enabled them to successfully migrate out of Africa.
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new
University of Florida study following the evolution of lice shows modern
humans started wearing clothes about 170,000 years ago, a technology
which enabled them to successfully migrate out of Africa.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2011-01-lice-dna-humans-wore-years.html#jCp
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new University of
Florida study following the evolution of lice shows modern humans
started wearing clothes about 170,000 years ago, a technology which
enabled them to successfully migrate out of Africa.
Principal investigator David Reed,
associate curator of mammals at the Florida Museum of Natural History
on the UF campus, studies lice in modern
humans to better understand human
evolution and migration patterns. His latest five-year study used
DNA sequencing to calculate when clothing
lice first began to diverge genetically from human head
lice.
Funded by the National Science
Foundation, the study is available online and appears in this month's
print edition of Molecular Biology and Evolution. MORE
Funded by the National Science Foundation, the study is available online and appears in this month's print edition of Molecular Biology and Evolution.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2011-01-lice-dna-humans-wore-years.html#jCp |
In this photo taken
Nov. 4, 2010, University of Florida researcher David Reed is lead
investigator on a five-year study following the evolution of lice that
found modern humans first began wearing clothes about 170,000 years ago,
a technology which enabled them to successfully migrate out of Africa.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2011-01-lice-dna-humans-wore-years.html#jCp
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2011-01-lice-dna-humans-wore-years.html#jCp
In
this photo taken Nov. 4, 2010, University of Florida researcher David
Reed is lead investigator on a five-year study following the evolution
of lice that found modern humans first began wearing clothes about
170,000 years ago, a technology which enabled them to successfully
migrate out of Africa.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2011-01-lice-dna-humans-wore-years.html#jCp
