How Insects Conquered Land Was Stranger Than Scientists Thought
Researchers say the fossil fills an 80-million-year gap in early insect evolution and shows swimming appendages before insects fully adapted to land.
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How Insects Conquered Land Was Stranger Than Scientists Thought
Before insects ruled the skies and reshaped life on land, some of their ancestors may have paddled through shallow coastal water on rows of abdominal limbs. Today, insects occupy nearly every terrestrial environment and account for more described species than any other animal group. Their rise helped transform early land ecosystems by moving nutrients, breaking [...]
Bizarre ancient 24 legged animal fossil shows how insects transitioned to land
Insects are one of the most species-rich groups on Earth. A new study on a 324-million-year-old fossil suggests that they did not make a sudden jump from water to land, but transitioned gradually through an extended amphibious/semi-aquatic phase. For a long time, this fossil sat in museum archives under a quiet case of mistaken identity. Paleontologists thought it held the routine juvenile remains of an ancient crustacean. They were wrong. Using…
A 324-million-year-old fossil, thought to be a crustacean for decades, has been identified as a completely new species of 24-legged insect, Chosha praecursor, according to new research. The unexpected discovery and the creature's unusual body features shed light on a long-standing biological mystery - how animals made the transition from water to land.
Researchers have identified a new species of insect, called Chosha praecursor, which offers insights into the evolution of insects and their adaptations to the Earth's environment. The discovery occurred in geological formations in the west of...
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