Humans were letting the bed bugs bite long before beds existed, and while they do live on other species, we're the main reason this notorious parasite is still going strong. In fact, bed bugs might ...

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Ever since a few enterprising bed bugs hopped off a bat and attached themselves to a Neanderthal walking out of a cave 60,000 years ago, bed bugs have enjoyed a thriving relationship with their human ...

DNA analysis suggests that cities could have helped bed bugs to become early adopters of the pest lifestyle 1. Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) first made the leap from bats to early humans around 250,000 ...