🦟🩸 It turns out our long, itchy history with #mosquitoes goes back nearly two million years.

Recent genetic #research suggests that as early human ancestors migrated, certain mosquito species evolved a specific "taste" for us to survive dry seasons.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/when-did-mosquitoes-start-biting-humans/

💁🏻‍♀️✨ The unexpected beauty & design of a mosquito’s metamorphosis https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/mosquito-metamorphosis-video

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