Polarstern Discovers Possible Source of Evolution

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Between 2002 and 2005, scientists have uncovered creatures under Weddell Sea in the Arctic aboard the German ship Polarstern. The findings show that some of them may have dated back 65 million years, including this Ceragoserolis isopod, which may have been the forefather to crustaceans like pill bugs, sea lice, and sea centipedes.

“The Antarctic deep sea is potentially the cradle of life of the global marine species,” said leader Angelika Brandt of the Zoological Institute and Museum at the University of Hamburg.

The three expeditions discovered nearly 600 organisms never found before and was reported in the journal Nature. We think not only is it kind of creepy to see some of these ancient creatures, but those of us who side with Darwin wish we could have kept a couple of those extra legs.

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