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Ants developed agriculture after the demise of the dinos, according to new analysis
Publicado em 08 outubro 2024
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 the lead author on that [...]
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Your coffee beans may have roots that stretch back 600,000 years — according to a new study.
Publicado em 18 abril 2024LEILA FADEL, HOST: The coffee bean that we know and love may be over 600,000 years old. That's according to a new study. PATRICK DESCOMBES: Arabica is actually coming from the mating of two parents, robusta and eugenioides, much like we are coming from our parents. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: That's Patrick Descombes of Nestle. He was one of the researchers involved in the study. He says arabica is the result of a natural crossbreeding of plants that happened long before humans [...]ver notícia