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Springtails

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Miroslav Deml, BioLib.cz. CC BY.

Until 2000, biologists classified the curious springtail as an insect. Then new DNA evidence forced scientists like Louis Deharveng to revise their thinking and redraw a branch on the tree of life.

Springtails are tiny creatures that live underfoot in the soil and leaf litter. Most people are not even aware they exist.

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