Talk:Evolution of spiders

Toe silk
Apparently there's some speculation that silk glands on the toes may be an archaic form. Seems like a scientific development that bears watching for this article. -- Beland 16:52, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Alien spiders?
This is quite possibly a dumb question, but why is Steven Chin so uncool?: I was recently reading the novel "Funnelweb" by Richard Ryan. In this book the scientist character indicated there was some speculation in the scientific community that spiders may have originated via panspermia as they were markedly different to other terrestrial lifeforms.

Is there any such speculation, or was it just made up for the novel?

--Irrevenant [ talk ] 03:06, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Contrary Information
The beginning paragraph says true spiders evolved 400 million years ago. It then goes on to say true spiders evolved 300 million years ago. Some clarification? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.189.147.228 (talk) 05:20, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 14:49, 29 April 2016 (UTC)