Modern ants evolved alongside their ancient ancestors, study suggests

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Unlike most species, ants managed to avoid extinction during the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction event about 66 million years ago.

of modern ants share a common extinct ancestor, and a new analysis suggests modern ants once shared the planet with their ancient ant relatives — and that their distinctive body structure remained consistent across 100 million years of evolution., published in the journal Current Biology, focuses on the youngest known stem ants, which were preserved in 77 million-year-old amber from North Carolina.

Unlike most species on Earth, ants managed to avoid extinction during the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction

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