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500-million-year-old fossil shows claws on an early relative of spiders and scorpions
Science magazine reports that the fist-size fossil spent nearly 50 years in a museum drawer.
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Science magazine reports that the fossil preserves unmistakable claws on one of the oldest known relatives of spiders and scorpions. Its linked article describes the animal as a bristling, multilegged ocean swimmer and says the fossil shows the early emergence of claws.
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