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518 million years ago, one tiny sea creature may have started the evolution of the fangs seen in spiders today

Scientists have identified the earliest known evidence of spider fangs in a 518 million-year-old fossil recovered from southern China, tracing the origin of one of the animal kingdom's most feared biological tools back to a small marine creature that lived long before spiders existed. The fossil belongs to a species…

The Times of India · Jul 27

Oldest fossils of mysterious animal group are really seaweeds, study suggests

The findings mean Bryozoans are millions of years younger than previously thought.

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023

Could this cheaper, more climate-friendly perennial rice transform farming?

A promising, less labor-intensive perennial rice is beginning to take off in China, but whether this success can be replicated in other crops like wheat or corn remains to be seen.

WEKU · Nov 7, 2022