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[-] davidgro@lemmy.world 33 points 7 months ago

I've often wondered that about house flies.

[-] charlytune@mander.xyz 17 points 7 months ago

How about carpet beetles and clothes moths?

[-] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 12 points 7 months ago
[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 7 months ago

honestly i wouldn't be surprised if there were flies that specifically travelled with humans when we were nomadic

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

There are two main lineages of head lice that split up right around when humans left Africa. Theory I heard is that one probably came from Neanderthals and went back to humans as the two groups...met up.

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