Marine scientists identify lobsters' ancestors
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 12:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Scientists have long believed that lobster-like crustaceans first appeared on planet Earth about 360 million years ago. But FIU marine scientist Heather Bracken-Grissom contends the ancestor of our favorite mealtime decapod actually may have started roaming the planet at least 12 million years earlier.