47-Million-Year-Old Cicada Fossil Discovered in Germany Rewrites Insect Evolution
Why This Ancient Cicada Discovery Matters A newly described fossil species, Eoplatypleura messelensis, is capturing the attention of palaeontologists and evolutionary biologists around the world. Found in Germany’s Messel Pit, this 47-million-year-old fossilised cicada is now considered the oldest known member of the subfamily Cicadinae in Eurasia, and a pivotal clue in the evolutionary history […]
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