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Scientist from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences has discovered previously unknown arthropod

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It is small in size but very important for science. "As soon as I saw it, I immediately realized that I had found something unique," Prof. Pavel Stoev from the Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences told the media. He has found the unseen before creature that looks like an insect, but is actually a six-legged arthropod in a cave in Turkmenistan. English newspaper "Independent", "The National Geographic," as well as Russian newspapers and magazines reported on the discovery of the Bulgarian professor. At the age of 43 Pavel Stoev is a professor of biology and discoverer with world recognition.




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