Wang, B., Xia, F., Wappler, T., Simon, E., Zhang, H., Jarzembowski, E.A., & Szwedo, J. 2015 Brood care in a 100-million-year-old scale insect. eLife 2015;4:e05447

Keywords:

  • behavior
  • fossil
  • reproduction
  • taxonomy

    • Notes: In this study, we report on an exceptionally preserved insect from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, which represents the earliest unequivocal direct evidence of brood care in the insect fossil record and sheds new light on the early evolution of such behavior.

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