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SCIENCEApr 3 · 09:11 UTCSCIENCE DAILY

This tiny claw in a 500-million-year-old fossil just rewrote the origin of spiders

Researchers found a tiny claw in a 500-million-year-old fossil that identified Megachelicerax cousteaui as the oldest known spider relative, pushing back the origin of spiders by 20 million years.

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