http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/20/largest-fossil-spider-ever-found-shines-a-light-on-arachnid-evolution/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Wed, 23 May 2012 19:57:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/20/largest-fossil-spider-ever-found-shines-a-light-on-arachnid-evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-1310231 Chase Peru Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:57:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28175#comment-1310231 foundfor the most partwillhave the same opinionwith your blog. foundfor the most partwillhave the same opinionwith your blog.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/20/largest-fossil-spider-ever-found-shines-a-light-on-arachnid-evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-820029 Srowitt Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:05:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28175#comment-820029 Well, yet another example of a living fossil. Ain't Mother Nature wonderful? Well, yet another example of a living fossil. Ain’t Mother Nature wonderful?

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/20/largest-fossil-spider-ever-found-shines-a-light-on-arachnid-evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-819799 Leslie Brunetta Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:38:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28175#comment-819799 This is an exciting find--one in a long line of fascinating discoveries by Paul Selden. Correction: spiders' spinnerets are always located on their abdomen, never on their legs. If you'd like to learn more about spider evolution, including how the golden orb webs of Nephila spiders drive and have been driven by the evolution of insect eyesight, I think you'll like the book I co-authored with arachnologist Catherine L. Craig, Spider Silk: Evolution and 400 Million Years of Spinning, Waiting, Snagging, and Mating (Yale University Press, 2010). See http://www.lesliebrunetta.com/bio.htm for reviews. This is an exciting find–one in a long line of fascinating discoveries by Paul Selden. Correction: spiders’ spinnerets are always located on their abdomen, never on their legs. If you’d like to learn more about spider evolution, including how the golden orb webs of Nephila spiders drive and have been driven by the evolution of insect eyesight, I think you’ll like the book I co-authored with arachnologist Catherine L. Craig, Spider Silk: Evolution and 400 Million Years of Spinning, Waiting, Snagging, and Mating (Yale University Press, 2010). See http://www.lesliebrunetta.com/bio.htm for reviews.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/04/20/largest-fossil-spider-ever-found-shines-a-light-on-arachnid-evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-818169 Spidy Lover Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:40:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=28175#comment-818169 It evolved to keep irritating flies away from the body. It evolved to keep irritating flies away from the body.

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