Science
‘A rare treat’: Paleontologists detect 50-million-year-old fossil bug penis – Haaretz
Yes it was very small, but the insect found in Colorado is so extraordinarily preserved that we can still see the stripes on his little legs too
Insects are legion, but fossil ones are rare and usually in terrible condition. Now a bug that lived 50 million years ago has been found in Colorado, in such an extraordinary state of preservation that we can still see the stripes on his little legs. And his genitalia.
His? Definitely so. The Eocene-era assassin bug and his male pride are reported by Daniel Swanson and Sam Heads of the University of Illinois, and colleagues, in the Papers of Paleontology.
Looking at the photograph, ones eyes are…
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