Claimed ‘oldest-ever’ amber fossil-millions-of-years mighty mites?

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Claims about the ‘oldest-ever amber fossil’ yet found just don’t stack up. If these tiny creatures evolved from some common arthropod ancestor, then one would surely reasonably expect that the fossil record should show a variety of transitional forms from that arthropod ancestor to today’s gall mites. However, when scientists recently described some of the earliest gall mites from these fossils, they found the contrary. The ancient gall mites look just like modern ones. Study lead author David Grimaldi said, “they’re dead ringers for (modern) gall mites.”7

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