New ant species discovered in the Amazon likely represents oldest living lineage of ants
Monday, September 15, 2008 - 16:35
in Biology & Nature
A new species of blind, subterranean, predatory ant discovered in the Amazon rainforest by University of Texas at Austin evolutionary biologist Christian Rabeling is likely a descendant of the very first ants to evolve.
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