Possible Parasites Found on Cambrian Brachiopods

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Scientists from China, Sweden, and Australia have discovered what they claim is the oldest known parasite, publishing their results in Nature Communications.1 The evidence comes from small tube-shaped objects attached to the shells of the host brachiopods.2 Scientists speculate that these tubes contained some sort of parasitic worm.

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Source: icr.org

    

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