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Spiders Invented Knees


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Spiders Invented Knees

Spiders were the first creatures on Earth to evolve knees, according to a new study that also explains how this happened.

Knees began as a gene in fruit flies and other insects that duplicated and evolved in spiders, resulting in primary leg joints, reports the study, published in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution.

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