The Evolution of Spiders (That We Know Of)

REFERENCES:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... - Habeliids

https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158... - Mollisonia

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... - Book lung evolution

https://www.european-arachnology.org/... - Book lung evolution

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... - Attercopus

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/do... - Carboniferous spiders and relatives

https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... - Palaeothele

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas... - Spider Spinneret Origins

https://www.horseshoecrab.org/researc... - Scorpion ventral plates and appendages

https://academic.oup.com/gbe/article/... - Spider Gene Duplication event

https://link.springer.com/article/10.... - Spider Gene Duplication event

https://www.joergwunderlich.de/Downlo... - Chimerarachne relations

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... - Molecular clock

https://link.springer.com/article/10.... - Opisthosomal appendage development

https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic... - Book lungs to Tracheae evolution

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... - Book lungs to Tracheae evolution

https://www.paulselden.net/uploads/7/... - Fossil Araneomorphs

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... - RTA Clade evolution

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/a... - RTA Clade evolution

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:19 Wider Relations
03:39 Cambrian Oddities
06:20 Trigonotarbids
09:17 Attercopus
10:20 Whence came Spinnerets?
14:02 Chimerarachne
17:01 The Oldest Spiders
15:50 Mesothelae
19:47 Mygalomorphs
22:11 Araneomorphs
23:16 Improved Breathing
25:37 The Final Step
29:47 Conclusion

In this video, we explore the fascinating, and at times baffling history of the spiders' evolution, from their bizarre precursors in the Cambrian period, to the wondrous variety we see today!