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Were bed bugs the first urban pest insect? Genome-wide patterns of bed bug demography mirror global human expansion

1 May 2025

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There are calls for research into the historical evolutionary relationships between humans and their commensals, as it would greatly inform models that predict the spread of pests and diseases under urban population expansion. The earliest civilizations emerged approximately 10 000 years ago and created conditions ideal for the establishment and spread of commensal urban pests. Commensal relations between humans...

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PMID: 40425045
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2025.0061

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