The discovery of a primitive arthropod species inside a limestone cave on Vancouver Island in Canada has raised questions among scientists about its origin. The discovery of a primitive arthropod species inside a limestone cave on Vancouver Island in Canada has raised questions among scientists about its origin. This led to another possibility could be that they separated from their Asian relatives and migrated to Vancouver Island during deglaciation. Furthermore, the new species is also one of the most northerly cave-adapted dipluran species, found at a latitude of 49º north. Experts found the creature in a cave recently unearthed in a small limestone area on Vancouver Island

Source: Daily Mail February 07, 2019 18:06 UTC