Top stories: Dinosaur lice, mysterious Egyptian head cones, and the importance of grandmother whales
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/top-stories-dinosaur-lice-mysterious-egyptian-head-cones-and-importance-grandmother
Even dinosaurs had lice, fossils entombed in amber reveal
As most parents of small children know, lice are survival artists, skilled at avoiding detection and spreading to new hosts. And now it’s clear they’ve had plenty of practice. New fossils found in amber reveal the insects have been around for at least 100 million years, when they feasted on feathered dinosaurs.
Top stories: Dinosaur lice, mysterious Egyptian head cones, and the importance of grandmother whales
Dec 13, 2019, 9:32pm UTC
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/top-stories-dinosaur-lice-mysterious-egyptian-head-cones-and-importance-grandmother
> Even dinosaurs had lice, fossils entombed in amber reveal
> As most parents of small children know, lice are survival artists, skilled at avoiding detection and spreading to new hosts. And now it’s clear they’ve had plenty of practice. New fossils found in amber reveal the insects have been around for at least 100 million years, when they feasted on feathered dinosaurs.