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14 June 2026 EN sciencedaily-paleo

Millipedes beat vertebrates to land by 80 million years

defense Paleozoic evolution insect study

Millipedes may have been crawling across Earth's landscapes nearly 460 million years ago, long before vertebrates ventured onto land. A new study finally completes their evolutionary family tree, revealing surprising clues about these ancient ecosystem engineers and their early chemical defenses.

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