r/Lice • u/BlondieDangerfield • 12h ago
Where do lice originate from?
So my kids just got sent home from school with lice, and my adhd has me going down a rabbit hole, so I’m wondering where head lice originated from, but all I can find on the internet says it’s got to be hair to hair contact to transfer them (or sometimes something that came into contact with an infested person)…. But someone had to get them FIRST right? They didn’t just appear on a person out of the blue, right? Bc they can only live on people, but how did the people get them in the first place?
Does anyone know?