Urban pests traveled with ancient humans

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Jason Munshi-South et al. Science. 2025.

. 2025 Oct 23;390(6771):335-336.

doi: 10.1126/science.aec1986. Epub 2025 Oct 23.

¹ Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Abstract

Population genomics reveals the pre-urban origins of a common mosquito.

Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito.
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