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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

The Oldest Spider Web

The oldest spider web that's been found so far was discovered in a chunk of amber thought to have been formed about 140 million years ago.  Amateur fossil hunters Jamie and Jonathan Hiscocks found the amber on a beach at Bexhill in England.  Professor Martin Brasier, a paleobiologist at Oxford University, is currently working to confirm the find, which apparently consists of a single thread.  There's more information here