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COCKROACH

Age: 125 million years old

Size: 2.5 centimeters (1 in) length; matrix: 11.5 centimeters ( 4.5 in) by
11.5 centimeters (4.5 in ) across , and 0.7 centimeters (0.2 in) thick

Location: Araripe Basin, Brazil

Formation: Nova Olinda Member, Crato Formation

Period: Lower Cretaceous

One insect that has remained the same for millions of years is the
cockroach. Fossil roaches 320 million years old have been found. The
impact of cockroaches on the theory of evolution has been described
thus in Focus magazine:

In theory, various elements of pressure such as changing environmental
conditions, hostile species and competition between species should
lead to natural selection, the selection of species advantaged by
mutation, and for these species to undergo greater change over such a
long period of time. YET THE FACTS ARE OTHERWISE. Let us
consider cockroaches, for example. These reproduce very quickly and
have short life spans, yet they have remained the same for
approximately 250 million years. ("Evrimin Cikmaz Sokaklari: Yasayan
Fosiller" [Cul-de-sac of evolution: Living Fossils], Focus, April 2003)

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