Ancient head lice on a wooden comb from Antinoë, Egypt

Ricardo Luis Palma

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Seven head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer, 1778) were recovered from the debris found among the fine teeth of a wooden comb excavated in Antinoë, Egypt, and dated between the fifth and sixth centuries AD.

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