The 450-million-year-old fossilized corpse of a new spider species has been discovered preserved by fool’s gold. A research team from the University of Oxford discovered the fossil at Beecher's ...

University of Oxford associate prof Luke Parry called the fossils "spectacularly preserved" A 450-million-year-old fossil of an ancient relative of spiders has been discovered preserved in 3D by ...

A 450-million-year-old fossil of an ancient relative of spiders has been discovered preserved in 3D by fool's gold. The new ...

A 450-million-year-old fossil of an ancient relative of spiders has been discovered preserved in 3D by fool's gold. The new species, which is distantly related to arachnids such as scorpions and ...

His first attempt to extract DNA starts with a vial of preserved nightmare fuel spider specimens because that is a thing you can just go online and buy. Sadly, they were candied in alcohol ...

"Chimerarachne fills the gap between Palaeozoic arachnids with tails known from rocks (uraraneids) and true spiders, and the fact the new fossils have been wonderfully preserved in Burmese amber ...

Arthropods belong to an evolutionary branch – the ecdysozoa – that contains about half of all animal species, and the earliest fossil evidence of the group now dates back 550 million years ...

The preserved character combination makes it difficult ... The authors believe that the spines on each of the spider’s eight legs evolved as a defense against predators. They point to spininess ...