Ancientist

In a groundbreaking study, scientists have uncovered evidence that could overturn our understanding of where spiders—and their arachnid relatives—originated. A 500-million-year-old fossil from the Cambrian period reveals that the ancestors of today’s spiders may have first evolved in the oceans, not on land. Arachnids, a group that includes spiders, scorpions, and ticks, are often celebrated…