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World’s oldest sperm is around 100 million years old, and is trapped in amber – ThePrint
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New Delhi: Scientists at the Queen Mary University of London and the Chinese Academy of Science have discovered the world’s oldest animal sperm inside a tiny type of crustacean trapped in amber around 100 million years ago in Myanmar.
The new species, which the scientists have named Myanmarcypris hui, is believed to have mated just before the female’s got trapped in amber.
The team was also able to make detailed 3-D reconstructions of the animals, which are less than a millimetre long. More on…
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