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Ever Want to Curl Into a Ball? Here’s How Trilobites Did It.

December 19, 2023

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Fossils collected more than 150 years ago show that the techniques some creatures use for defensive curling have not changed in millions of years.

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Ever Want to Curl Into a Ball? Here’s How Trilobites Did It.

Fossils collected more than 150 years ago show that the techniques some creatures use for defensive curling have not changed in millions of years.

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