Human pubic lice acquired from gorillas gives evolutionary clues – Research News https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/human-pubic-lice-acquired-from-gorillas-gives-evolutionary-clues/
New research indicating early humans acquired public lice from gorillas about 3.3 million years ago sheds new light on when humans started to lose their body hair as they migrated out of the trees and onto the savannah. Humans most likely got the gorilla’s lice from sleeping in their nests or
That they took up residence in the pubic region may have coincided with humans’
