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Ancient spider fossil turns out to be a crayfish "someone had painted legs on"
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 7:31 pm
by shpalman
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Re: Ancient spider fossil turns out to be a crayfish "someone had painted legs on"
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:55 pm
by Fishnut
Some actual information about the story. The paper detailing how they revealed it was a fake is
here (behind paywall).
Re: Ancient spider fossil turns out to be a crayfish "someone had painted legs on"
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 9:26 am
by tenchboy
Good story. Thanks both.
TB
Re: Ancient spider fossil turns out to be a crayfish "someone had painted legs on"
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:30 pm
by sTeamTraen
Fishnut wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:55 pm
The paper detailing how they revealed it was a fake is
here (behind paywall).
Version without paywall
here (click on "View PDF").