| crab louse infestation in pre-columbian america. | until now, pthirus pubis infestation in ancient human populations had only been recorded in the old world. we found crab lice on south american mummified bodies from the atacama desert region. crab louse eggs were found attached to the pubic hairs of a 2,000-yr-old chilean mummy. well-preserved adults were found in sediment and clothing from a peruvian mummy dated 1,000 yr ago. paleoparasitological evidence expands the knowledge of the distribution of this ectoparasite in ancient populations. as ... | 2002 | 12537127 |