I saw an article on a mantis encased in Amber that’s 30 million years old. assuming mantis reproduce once a year, this thing is like 30 million generations removed from a modern mantis. It might not even be able to reproduce with a modern mantis Even if it does look exactly the same.
I looked into humans as a comparison and even 10 million years ago, the modern human didn’t even exist. there’s a good chance we’re too separated from them to reproduce or even be considered the same species. so wouldn’t that also apply to this 30 million year old mantis.
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A praying mantis isn’t just one species it’s a large group of species, kinda like primates with humans. So while that one species might no longer be alive it could be basically indistinguishable to most people. Most species are more stable than humans have been. We are an evolutionary oddball.
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