Meet the very first human pest, which has been bugging us for 60,000 years
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From fleas to mosquitoes, there's no shortage of organisms we like to consider pests – and, not surprisingly, the majority are insects, which account for up to 90% of animals on the planet. But thanks to new genetic detective work, scientists have found the very first species that got a taste for…
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Original Title: Meet the very first human pest, which has been bugging us for 60,000 years | Thanks to new genetic detective work, scientists found that bed bugs were the first species that got a taste for humans – and we’re still the main dish on its menu.