Bedbugs: Humanity's earliest urban pest for 60,000 years
TL;DR
A study reveals that bed bugs have been biting humans for around 60,000 years, making them possibly the first true urban pest, with their populations increasing alongside human settlements and cities, and their genetic history closely tracking human demographic changes.
- Humanity's 'first true urban pest' has been biting for 60,000 years, study shows NBC News
- Meet the very first human pest, which has been bugging us for 60,000 years New Atlas
- Humans moving to ancient cities sent bedbug numbers soaring, say scientists The Guardian
- Bedbugs may have been one of the first urban pests Science News
- Bed bugs are most likely the first human pest, new research shows Phys.org
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