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SUBMITTER: Toups MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3002236 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Toups Melissa A MA Kitchen Andrew A Light Jessica E JE Reed David L DL
Molecular biology and evolution 20100907 1
Clothing use is an important modern behavior that contributed to the successful expansion of humans into higher latitudes and cold climates. Previous research suggests that clothing use originated anywhere between 40,000 and 3 Ma, though there is little direct archaeological, fossil, or genetic evidence to support more specific estimates. Since clothing lice evolved from head louse ancestors once humans adopted clothing, dating the emergence of clothing lice may provide more specific estimates o ...[more]