#  NPR: "When And Where Fruit Flies First Bugged Humans" 

 





December 07, 2018

 

 

"The next time you swat a fruit fly in your kitchen, take heart from the fact that people have apparently been struggling with these fly infestations for around 10,000 years." So begins [this radio segment from National Public Radio](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/12/06/673271072/when-and-where-fruit-flies-first-bugged-humans) based on research into the origins of the species *Drosophila melanogaster* from Marcus Stensmyr and colleagues (listen or read the article [here](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/12/06/673271072/when-and-where-fruit-flies-first-bugged-humans)). The radio segment is based on [a report appearing in Current Biology in December 2018](https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)31362-9).

 

 

 



 

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