StatisticsFriday, April 3, 2026ScienceDaily
This tiny claw in a 500-million-year-old fossil just rewrote the origin of spiders
Researchers have discovered a tiny claw in a 500-million-year-old fossil, challenging existing theories about the evolutionary origins of spiders. This finding suggests that the development of such appendages occurred earlier in the evolutionary timeline than previously believed, potentially reshaping our understanding of arachnid evolution.
