The fossils kept for more than 100 years in the collections of a museum in London revealed a surprising secret after being reanalyzed with modern methods. Considering for a long time the remains of a marine creature like a crustacean, they proved to belong to a huge scorpion that lived about 415 million years ago.
The fossils kept for more than 100 years in the collections of a museum in London revealed a surprising secret after being reanalyzed with modern methods. Considering for a long time the remains of a marine creature like a crustacean, they proved to belong to a huge scorpion that lived about 415 million years ago.
The remains of this animal have been on display at the Natural History Museum in London for decades. It is only very recently that scientists have discovered...