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A new study suggests that bedbugs were the first urban pest, and their population thrived in that environment. For the bloodsucking insects, it’s been the perfect 13,000-year-long marriage.
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BLACKSBURG, Va. – New research from Virginia Tech shows that bed bugs are likely the first human pest. This discovery may help inform models that help predict the spread of other pests and ...
New research shows that bed bugs may be the oldest known pest to follow humans around, infesting our beds for over 60,000 years.
As the human population increased and living in communities and cities expanded, the human-associated lineage of bed bugs experienced an exponential growth in their effective population size.
Bed Bugs May be The First Human Pest, Having Spread to Neanderthals 60,000 Years Ago Learn how bed bugs became our oldest known pest as they co-evolved with humans, starting with our Neanderthal ...