Historical Head Lice Treatment Demonstrated by 3700 Year-Old Ivory Lice Comb

What we know about the oldest historical treatment of head lice is the result of worldwide archaeology efforts. The oldest known sentence written in the first alphabet was discovered on an ancient ivory comb, dated to about 3,700 years ago and unearthed in 2016 from an Israeli archaeological site called Lachish. However, the minuscule 1-3mm letters were overlooked until 2021, when a research associate Zoom in on a photo of the comb. The sentence is inscribed in the language of the Canaanites that lived between 3500 and 1150 B.C.E. in what’s now Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, and Palestine. [read more]

Historical Head Lice Treatment Demonstrated by 3700 Year-Old Ivory Lice Comb2024-08-16T14:20:13+00:00

Human Lice Evolution: What came first, head lice, body lice or neither?

The evolution of head lice is closely tied to human evolution. Around 13 million years ago, specific species of lice began to evolve to affect only humans. About 42,000 to 72,000 years ago, human lice separated into head and body lice *. This separation is believed to coincide with the time when humans began wearing clothing. While head lice remained on the scalp, body lice mutated into parasites with claws that can grab onto the smoother fibers of clothing rather than needle-thin hair shafts. [read more]

Human Lice Evolution: What came first, head lice, body lice or neither?2024-07-29T18:40:46+00:00
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