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Ants developed agriculture after the demise of the dinos, according to new analysis

Publicado em 08 outubro 2024
JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Agriculture is not a uniquely human endeavor. More than 20 lineages of animals farm, including termites, beetles and, perhaps most famously, the ants. Ants are prolific fungus farmers. Hundreds of ant species do it. A study out in the journal Science investigates the evolutionary origins of ant agriculture and estimates that it originated around 66 million years ago in the aftermath of the huge asteroid collision which dealt a death blow to the dinosaurs. Ted Schultz is [...]