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Amber reveals mating behavior of cretaceous water striders

Amber reveals mating behavior of cretaceous water striders

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-amber-reveals-behavior-cretaceous-striders.html

Fossilized mating insects are an irreplaceable find for understanding the evolution of mating behaviors and life history traits in the deep-time record of insects.

Amber reveals mating behavior of cretaceous water striders

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Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology[a] or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fossils to classify organisms and study their interactions with each other and their environments (their /c/paleoecology. Read more...

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