Scorpions have been crawling around our planet for hundreds of millions of years, and while it’s thought that the earliest versions were sea dwellers, when they first made the transition from water to land is hazy. Now, with the discovery of a previously unknown species with a unique combination of features, scientists have evidence to suggest…
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Close Spider Relative Found In 305-Million-Year-Old Rocks
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Researchers studying a 305-million-year-old fossil reveal that it belonged to a never-before-seen arachnid they named Idmonarachne brasieri. This close relative of the earliest spiders, described in Proceedings of the Royal Study B this week, reveals clues about spider evolution. A team led by Russell Garwood from the University of Manchester examined the remarkably preserved, three-dimensional,…