Ants Were Socializing – and Sparring – Nearly 100 Million Years Ago
Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 16:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Like people, ants have often fought over food and territory. But ants began fighting long before humans: at least 99 million years ago, according to Phillip Barden, a fossil insect expert who works in the Insect and Evolution Lab of Jessica L. Ware, an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Rutgers University-Newark. […]