These forceps, basically a type of surgical pincers, are based on a set that were so well-crafted they have been little improved upon in nearly two thousand years. Found at Pompeii and dating to 79 CE ...
The results confirmed that Dermaptera is a polyneopteran order, and features such as caudal forceps and elaborate ... by a pair of forcep-like pincers on their dark abdominal ends.