The ET-Like Insect That Inhabited Earth 100 Million Years Ago

Ashley Johnson
Wed, 01 Mar 2017 09:54:02 -0800

The about million species of insects known to humanity thus far have managed to neatly fit into one of 31 existing scientific orders. However, when George Poinar, Jr., the world’s leading expert on plant and animal life forms, found preserved in amber, saw the carcass of this 100-million-year-old insect, he knew it would require its own scientific order – an incredibly rare event.