Ant Agriculture Began in Aftermath of Dino-Killing Asteroid
Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may have led to the invention of 'ant agriculture'
The event that wiped out the dinosaurs wasn't all bad. The low-light environment caused by the meteor impact some 66 million years ago favored the spread of fungi that feed on organic matter, which was abundant at the time as plants and animals were dying in droves.
When a massive asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, ants began farming fungi
New research shows that ants have been farming fungi for 66 million years — thanks in part to the asteroid that fueled the demise of the dinosaurs.
Asteroid that doomed dinosaurs created ant agriculture, Louisiana researchers say
LSU AgCenter mycologist Vinson P. Doyle and LSU Department of Biological Sciences professor Brant C. Faircloth lent their combined expertise to a study led by Smithsonian Institution entomologist Ted Schultz.
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Ants Farmed Fungi in the Wake of Dinosaurs’ Demise 66 Million Years Ago
When an at least six-mile-wide asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago, life on our planet suffered one of the worst mass extinctions of all time. The cataclysm not only wiped out almost all the dinosaurs,
Ants learned to farm fungi during a mass extinction
Ants learned to work with fungi back in a world where only fungi could thrive. We tend to think of agriculture as a human innovation. But insects beat us to it by millions of years. Various species of ants cooperate with fungi,
Ant Agriculture Began in the Aftermath of the Dino-Killing Asteroid
When humans began farming crops thousands of years ago, agriculture had already been around for millions of years. In fact, several animal lineages have been growing their own food since long before h
Ant agriculture began 66 million years ago in the aftermath of the asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs
According to a new study, colonies of ants began farming fungi when an asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago. This asteroid impact caused a global mass extinction but also created ideal conditions for fungi to thrive.
World’s 1st farmers? Ants started cultivating fungi 66 million years ago
It turns out ants had been cultivating fungi for millions of years before humans began farming. A new surprising study has discovered that ants began farming fungi around 66 million years ago, shortly after a devastating asteroid impact that killed dinosaurs.
Scientists discover how ants took advantage of asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs
Scientists discover how ants took advantage of asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs - The asteroid created ideal conditions for fungi to thrive
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