ScienceScientists Discover 437-Million-Year-Old Fossil Explaining Centipede Legs
Paleontologists have uncovered a 437-million-year-old fossil in Wisconsin's mudstones that reveals how centipedes evolved their many legs. The fossil shows that their underwater ancestors had legs built for walking on land, although they never left the ocean, shedding light on the evolutionary transition from aquatic to terrestrial locomotion.
The Daily Galaxy··Wisconsin


