Oceanography
Gray whale approaches boat, asks man to remove lice from head
Gray whales learn to approach tourist boats to ask humans to remove itchy lice from their skin.
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Animal world
Detecting parasitic tongue-eating lice in fish's mouth
When scientists X-rayed the head of an elmfish, they discovered a parasitic crustacean that had eaten the amputated and replaced the host's tongue.
Oceanography
Analyzing DNA, scientists discovered a new giant sea lice species
DNA analysis of a giant sea lice at a Japanese aquarium shows that it belongs to a species that has never been described.
Archeology
Found amber fur dinosaur, ancient lice 99 million years old
Scientists have unearthed an amber containing feathers of dinosaurs along with many ancient lice nearly 99 million years ago.
Archeology
Ancient lice trapped in amber 100 million years
Scientists have discovered that a very small lice-like insect today is stuck in amber masses with an intact dinosaur fur.
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Ways of beauty in ancient Egyptian style
Ancient Egyptians shaved their head to prevent lice, took laxatives to clean the intestines, used turtle shells, ostrich shells to deodorize body odor ...
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Finding Napoleon lost the match in Russia for unexpected reasons!
In the autumn of 2001, workers in Vilnius (Lithuania) discovered a large mass grave while dismantling the former Soviet military facilities.
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When did people start dressing?
Determining exactly when people started wearing clothes was a challenge, largely because clothes were originally just things like animal skin, broken very quickly.
Oceanography
Tiny 'cannibal' monsters invaded many American beaches
Summer is a time when it is impossible to go to sea. But amidst the many beautiful beaches on this planet, avoid Florida State of America - at least for now.
Archeology
The culprit makes us infected with worms, lice are ... ancient Romans
Ancient Romans contributed to the risk of parasites such as worms, and lice increased significantly.
Archeology
When do people know how to wear clothes?
Scientists discovered that people began dressing 170,000 years ago at a time when people went out of Africa and migrated to other regions.
Archeology
Lice 'write' human history
Human history is encoded in the lice 's genome, helping researchers to see hidden aspects of human evolution.
Archeology
Discover the secret of the giant ancient louse
Scientists have discovered a great secret about giant lice longer than the Jurassic 2cm. They live on the sucking blood of feathered dinosaurs and hard scales on their s…
Biology
Demodex - A louse specializing in parasites on ... human face skin
You do not need to feel itchy when reading this information. According to the researchers, Demodex lice do not seem to be harmful to the human body and perhaps anyone wh…