A genetic analysis of head and body lice suggests that people may have begun making and wearing clothing as early as 190,000 years ago. Credit: Janice Harney Carr, Center for Disease Control
A genetic analysis of head and body lice suggests that people may have begun making and wearing clothing as early as 190,000 years ago. Credit: Janice Harney Carr, Center for Disease Control
The Neandertal EnigmaFrayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]
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My understanding is that DNA is perishable, and that it can’t last that long.
New age estimates compared to the earlier estimates, they are all just a guess and should not be taken as anything else.
Does this mean that if everyone runs around naked for a while lice would become extinct?
Which was soon followed by the opening of "gentleman's' caves" where women would be paid to dance and take the clothes back off.