Professor David Siveter from the University of Leicester explains how the 425 million year-old parasite was 'frozen in time' Researchers have discovered the 425-million-year-old remains of a new species of parasite - still clamped to the host animal it invaded. The international team found the fossil at a site in Herefordshire. Prof David Siveter, from the University of Leicester, external, said i
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