Body lice, Pediculus humanus corporis, probably took up residence in garments only after humans began wearing them around 72,000 years ago, while their relatives Phthirus pubis, crab lice, live among
human pubic hairs and rarely anywhere else.
Not exact matches
David Reed of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, US and collaborators then analysed the DNA of these parasites and compared the gene mutations with those seen in the Pthirus pubis lice, which can live in the
pubic hairs of modern - day
humans.
His figure drawings are cartoonishly terrifying mutants, alien /
human mash - ups besotted with tumors, warts, lesions, growths, male and female genitalia and mis - placed
pubic hair.