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Ants learned to farm fungi during a mass extinction
Publicado em 03 outubro 2024
The researchers argue that the two were almost certainly related. Current models suggest that there was so much dust in the atmosphere after the impact that set off the mass extinction that photosynthesis shut down for nearly two years , meaning minimal plant life. By contrast, the huge amount of dead material would allow fungi to flourish. So, it's not surprising that ants started to adapt to use what was available to them.
That explains the huge cluster of species that cooperate with [...]