"And all the while, the lice have recorded this journey in their genes. A new study, for example, found that some lice in the Americas are hybrids of those carried there by Native Americans and others ferried across the Atlantic by European colonists."
@Carl_Zimmer

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Pediculus humanus, the human louse. Image Credit:Frank Collins/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/science/lice-genes-human-history.html