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100-million-year-old bug had crab-like claws unlike any known insect
Scientists discovered a 100-million-year-old insect in Myanmar amber with crab-like claws, a rare evolutionary feature found in only the fourth known insect lineage. The chelae-like front legs are unique to modern insects, highlighting an independent evolution of such structures.
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