# Scientists discover 324-million-year-old amphibious insect fossil

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- China News Service, 2026-08-27 07:52 UTC
- Science
- Original: http://www.ecns.cn/cns-wire/2026-08-27/detail-ihfirzsm0918261.shtml

> An international team led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology analyzed a 324-million-year-old insect fossil. The female Chosha praecursor lived in humid land-water transition zones, supporting the finding that early insects moved from water to land through a gradual semi-aquatic stage.