Pubic hair provides evolutionary home for gorilla lice

There are two species of lice that infest humans: pubic lice, Pthirus pubis, and human head and body lice, Pediculus humanus. A new article in BioMed Central's open access Journal of Biology suggests one explanation for the separation of the two species.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news153570083.html">Pubic hair provides evolutionary home for gorilla lice</a></p> <p>There are two species of lice that infest humans: pubic lice, <I>Pthirus pubis</I>, and human head and body lice, <I>Pediculus humanus</I>. A new article in BioMed Central's open access <I>Journal of Biology</I> suggests one explanation for the separation of the two species.</p>