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  • Study explores coevolution of mammals and their lice

    Jul 5, 2022 9:00 am by Eric WilsonDiscovery
    And elephant shrew. the elephant shrew louse was among the earliest diverging lineages of mammalian lice. Photo by Joey Makalintal, CC BY 2.0

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    • And elephant shrew. the elephant shrew louse was among the earliest diverging lineages of mammalian lice. Photo by Joey Makalintal, CC BY 2.0

    Lice first took up residence on a mammalian host tens of millions of years ago, thus beginning the long association between mammals and lice and setting the stage for their coevolution as new animal species developed.