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Daniel and Kelly explore what lice can teach us about human evolution and their role in wars.

Daniel and Kelly explore what lice can teach us about human evolution, and the role lice have played in some of humanity's most devastating wars. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Daniel, Kelly

Topics covered

• lice
• human evolution
• war
• biology
• history

Keywords

• lice
• human evolution
• wars
• biology
• history

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