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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.
Incredible Fossil Discovery Shows Ancient Animal Brain From 310 Million Years Ago JOHN PATERSON ET AL., THE CONVERSATION 28 JULY 2021 Charles Darwin famously discussed the "imperfections" of the geological record in his book On The Origin of Species. He correctly pointed out that unless conditions are just right, it's unlikely for organisms to be preserved as fossils, even those with bones and shells. He also said "no organism wholly soft can be preserved". However, after more than a century of fossil hunting since his book was published, we now know the preservation of soft creatures ...