UC-Riverside: Rare Fossil Reveals Ancient Leeches Weren't Bloodsuckers
October 02, 2025
October 02, 2025
RIVERSIDE, California, Oct. 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news:
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Rare fossil reveals ancient leeches weren't bloodsuckers
430-million-year-old fossil upends assumptions
Author: Jules Bernstein
A newly described fossil reveals that leeches are at least 200 million years older than scientists previously thought, and that their earliest ancestors may have feasted not on bloo . . .
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Rare fossil reveals ancient leeches weren't bloodsuckers
430-million-year-old fossil upends assumptions
Author: Jules Bernstein
A newly described fossil reveals that leeches are at least 200 million years older than scientists previously thought, and that their earliest ancestors may have feasted not on bloo . . .