{"id":3008,"date":"2011-02-17T21:17:53","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T03:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=3008"},"modified":"2011-02-17T21:17:53","modified_gmt":"2011-02-18T03:17:53","slug":"becoming-naked-and-clothed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=3008","title":{"rendered":"Becoming Naked and Clothed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exploring\u00a0Human Evolution and Culture through the Study of Lice.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Yesterday\u00a0evening I\u00a0took the\u00a0time to watch Nova Science NOW<\/a>\u00a0hosted by Neil DeGrasse Tyson.\u00a0 Although I enjoyed the entire program, I was especially intrigued by the segment on the research of David Reed<\/a> at the University of Florida’s Natural History Museum.<\/p>\n

This segment discusses how molecular comparisons of\u00a0our clothing, head, and pubic lice\u00a0with the head and pubic lice found in chimpanzees and gorillas, respectively were used to infer the time when modern humans began wearing clothing, and when ancestral humans lost most of our hair.\u00a0 With so much in the news lately about the diversity of human microbe flora, etc… this research could provide a clear example of the distinct niches that are found on the human body.<\/p>\n

Watch the 11 minute segment<\/a>\u00a0at the Nova ScienceNOW,\u00a0and then read\u00a0the summary article In Lice, Clues to Human Origin and Attire<\/a>\u00a0from the New York Times,\u00a0or download and read\u00a0pdf’s of the scientific research below.<\/p>\n

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  1. Origin of Clothing Lice Indicates Early Clothing Use by Anatomically Modern Humans in Africa<\/a>\u00a0from the journal of Molecular Biology and Evolution.<\/li>\n
  2. Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of anthropoid primate lice<\/a>from BioMed Central<\/li>\n
  3. A list and some links to other publications can be found at Dr. Reed’s website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I think this would make a great bioinformatics\/molecular clock activity as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Exploring\u00a0Human Evolution and Culture through the Study of Lice. Yesterday\u00a0evening I\u00a0took the\u00a0time to watch Nova Science NOW\u00a0hosted by Neil DeGrasse Tyson.\u00a0 Although I enjoyed the entire program, I was especially intrigued by the segment on the research of David Reed at the University of Florida’s Natural History Museum. This segment discusses how molecular comparisons of\u00a0our
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