Fossil history
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Whitetailed spider. Image - Dougal Clunie
- Spiders have been around for about 350 million years.
- The earliest fossils date back to the Devonian period.
- Most fossils are from 200 million years ago, the Upper Carboniferous period.
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Whitetailed spider. Image - Dougal Clunie