100-million-year-old bug had crab-like claws unlike any known insect

ScienceDaily
May 25, 2026, 8:53 am114 ptsTrending
Deep inside 100-million-year-old amber from Myanmar, scientists uncovered a bizarre ancient bug with clawed front legs that look more like a crab’s pincers than anything seen in modern insects. The discovery is so unusual that researchers say these crab-like “chelae” evolved independently in this lineage,…

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