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Hirudicryptus canariensis (left) Siphoniulus neotropicus (microscopic image at right) are the two rare millipedes whose DNA helped researchers complete the first evolutionary history of all living millipede orders.

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Photos by Rafael Garcia and Paul Marek for Virginia Tech.

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