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How Did We Get Body Lice?
Human beings lost their hair somewhere along the way. And as a consequence, lice no longer could lay eggs on us because we simply didn't have enough body hair. We've been now wearing clothes long enough that they could use our clothing instead to lay their eggs in that and so we've got a bunch of lice that we originally inherited wand were completely covered with hair like a chimpanzy. Those are what we typically think of when we think of lice. Ch them migrated to our crotch, where we still have a good patch of hair, if you choose to. S gong to spa o speak for yourselfh h - those are lights that we actually acquired from gorillas.