c/science_memes · by fossilesque@mander.xyz · 2y

barn owls

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davidgro@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 2y (5 replies)

I've often wondered that about house flies.

charlytune@mander.xyz · 17 pts · 2y

How about carpet beetles and clothes moths?

Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 2y (3 replies)

They evolved from cave flies

Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

honestly i wouldn't be surprised if there were flies that specifically travelled with humans when we were nomadic

OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

There are two main lineages of head lice that split up right around when humans left Africa. Theory I heard is that one probably came from Neanderthals and went back to humans as the two groups...met up.

livus@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 2y

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angrystego@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y

Also migratory birds when humans invented electric wires.

multifariace@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y

Thanks for the pellets. Why are they so expensive now?