Gonzalo Giribet and Colleagues Discover New Extinct Family of Harvestmen

Gonzalo Giribet and colleagues' discovery of two 99 million year-old daddy longlegs, enshrined in Burmese amber, not only helps explain the penis morphology of the harvestman, it also confirms a new extinct family of harvestmen. More can be read in articles found in The Science of Nature (Feb 2016), Science (29 Jan 2016), and National Geographic (1 Feb 2016).