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Healed fang wound found on 520-million-year-old apex predator
Something took a bite out of one of the biggest predators in Cambrian seas, an extraordinary fossil shows – and it could well be cannibalism
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A fossil from Cambrian seas, dating to about 520 million years ago, shows a healed bite wound on the fang of a large apex predator. The wound’s shape indicates it was caused by another creature of the same species, implying possible cannibalistic behavior.
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