Sam Miller

500-Million-Year-Old Fossil Identified as Oldest Known Chelicerate

Paleontologists at Harvard University have described a large predatory arthropod from the Middle Cambrian of Utah featuring massive three-segmented chelicerae. Named Megachelicerax cousteaui, this soft-bodied animal represents the earliest known member of the chelicerates, pushing back the origins of spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders by 20 million years. The surprisingly complex anatomy of…

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ROOKE: Lindsey Graham Playing For Both Sides

ROOKE: Lindsey Graham Playing For Both Sides

Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who spent the past several weeks pressing the Trump administration for escalated military action against Iran, shifted his position in a social media post Monday. Graham, long viewed as a holdover from the warmongering faction of Republicans, is now calling for President Donald Trump to begin winding down Operation…

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