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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Erin Keller

Spiders may have originated in the ocean before adapting to live on land

New research suggests spiders and other arachnids may have originated in the sea, based on analysis of a 500-million-year-old fossil.

The "exquisitely preserved" specimen supports the idea that these creatures swam before adapting to life on land, according to a study published Tuesday in Current Biology.

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