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ASSASSIN BUG

Age: 25 million years

Period: Oligocene
Location: Region near Santiago, Dominican Republic

Assassin bugs are predatory insects of the Reduviidea fam-

ily. Some of the species in Central and South America are
able to transmit to humans a fatal malady known as
Chagas disease. It is this very insect that poisoned Darwin
and caused him to spend the rest of his life in pain.

This species uses its antenna to inject its poison and lique-
fies its victim's tissues. Its identical ancestors had the very same extraordinary de-
fense system 25 million years ago. At that time, they employed the very same
methods and led their lives in the very same way. The fossil record makes it clear
that the insect of 25 million years ago was in no way primitive and that it displayed
no differences from those alive today. This is yet another of the species that put

Darwinism in an impasse.

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