Origin of clothing lice indicates early clothing use by anatomically modern humans in Africa

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-32

  Toups, Melissa A ^a,b   Kitchen, Andrew ^c,d   Light, Jessica E ^e,f   Reed, David L ^f  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d A and M University ^*  (United States)

^e A and M University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

human evolution; isolation with migration; lice

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; RNA 18S; RNA POLYMERASE II;

AFRICA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLOTHING; CLOTHING LOUSE; COLD CLIMATE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HUMAN; LOUSE; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MODERN TIMES; NONHUMAN; PEDICULUS; UPPER PLEISTOCENE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE; CLOTHING; COLD TEMPERATURE; FOSSILS; HUMANS; LICE INFESTATIONS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 78650467982     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq234     Document Type: Article

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