DALLAS, Texas—They're six-legged, hairy home invaders that just won't die, no matter how hard you try.
DALLAS, Texas—They're six-legged, hairy home invaders that just won't die, no matter how hard you try.Cockroaches are experts at surviving indoors, hiding in kitchen pipes or musty drawers. But they didn't start out that way.A new study uses genetics to chart cockroaches' spread across the globe, from humble beginnings in southeast Asia to Europe and beyond.
Scientists have long suspected the German cockroach's Asian origins since similar species still live there.The research was published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.The cockroaches then globe-trotted via two major routes. They traveled west to the Middle East about 1,200 years ago, perhaps hitchhiking in soldiers' breadbaskets.
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