“…Although Zinsser and Ewing highlighted the potential of population-based studies, such potential went unexplored for decades. Recently, a series of case reports have been published, drawing on small, or single mummy samples (Araújo et al, 2000;Arriaza et al, 2012aArriaza et al, , 2012bRaoult et al, 2008;Rivera et al, 2008). Most studies were not quantitative, but were successful in painting a general picture of the arrival of head lice in the New World.…”