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Started by Tank, May 11, 2011, 07:14:35 PM

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May 11, 2011, 07:14:35 PM Last Edit: May 11, 2011, 07:16:56 PM by Tank
Insects' Exuberant Helmet Is Actually an Extra Set of Wings, Researchers Show

QuoteScienceDaily (May 8, 2011) — In 250 million years of insect evolution, the appearance of new wings is unprecedented. Transformations and losses of wings, yes, but additions, never. A team from the Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille-Luminy (CNRS/Université Aix-Marseille 2) has shattered this belief by providing proof that the exuberant helmet of Membracidae, a group of insects related to cicadas, is in fact a third pair of profoundly modified wings...

I always wanted an extra pair of hands  :'(
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