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A 520-million-year-old fossil of a relative of insects with three eyes fills a gap in our understanding of how arthropods evolved.

The shrimp-sized, strong-armed creature dating back 520 million years is filling in some evolutionary gaps.

The shrimpy creature is filling in some evolutionary gaps.

Scientists have discovered that a well-preserved fossilized worm dating from 518 million years ago resembles the ancestor of three major groups of living animal

Scientists have discovered that a well-preserved fossilized worm dating from 518 million years ago resembles the ancestor of three major groups of living animals.

Named Wufengella, the stubby creature was just half an inch long and segmented  like an earthworm, according to researchers at the University of Bristol.

Centipede expert Greg Edgecombe told Newsweek that there is "no question" a bite from the carnivorous arthropod would be painful to humans.

An ancient trilobite fossil revealed that it had teensy claspers, which males likely used to "hug" females while mating.

For those wedded to an evolutionary interpretation of life’s history, the fossil and genetic evidence leave the origin of arthropods a major mystery.

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