100-million-year-old bug had crab-like claws unlike any known insect

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Amber from Myanmar's Kachin region continues to reveal extraordinary glimpses into life during the age of dinosaurs. Preserved inside the 100 million-year-old resin are fossils from an ancient forest ecosystem that once supported a remarkable variety of creatures, including species never seen before.

Now, researchers at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) have identified a newly discovered true bug (Heteroptera) with one especially unusual feature. It...

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