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Ancient spider mom preserved in amber found to be protecting her young

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2021-09-15

A trio of researchers with Capital Normal University in China has found evidence of a mother spider protecting her young in an amber sample dated back to 99 million years ago. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Xiangbo Guo, Paul Selden and Dong Rend describe where the sample was found and what they learned about the spider it contains.

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https://phys.org/news/2021-09-ancient-spider-mom-amber-young.html