Ancient 24-legged insect fossil discovered
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“Paleontologists have described a 324-million-year-old creature with 24 legs that may bridge the evolutionary gap between sea-dwelling crustaceans and land-based insects. The fossil provides a rare look at a transitional species from millions of years ago.”
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