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Ancient arachnid brought 'back to life': Video recreates 410-million-year-old animal walking |
July 10, 2014
Scientists have recreated the walking gait of a 410-million-year-old arachnid, one of the first predators on land, based on fossil evidence. The scientists used the fossils -- thin slices of rock showing the animal's cross-section -- to work out the range of motion in the limbs of this ancient, extinct early relative of the spiders.
Link: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/computers_math/computer_science/~3/dWAesv-v470/140709095624.htm
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