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  • Paleontologists have found the oldest fossil evidence of parasites in Yunnan, China. (Ping An Chang, Wikimedia Commons)
    Earth's First Parasite
    Paul Patton
    In 2020 paleontologists found the oldest fossil evidence of a parasite ever, in 540 million-year-old rocks in Yunnan Province, China.