For at least 47 million years, some insects have escaped predators by looking like foliage and moving like swaying leaves, a new fossil find suggests.
FAKING IT. Researchers recently discovered a 47-million-year-old fossil of an insect (Eophyllium messelensis) that, like its modern-day relative (inset), has a leaflike shape and measures about 6 centimeters long.
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