Sustainable Agriculture - What Ants Knew 50 Million Years Before We Did
Sunday, November 16, 2008 - 20:56
in Biology & Nature
One of the most important developments in human civilization was the practice of sustainable agriculture, but we were not the first - ants have been doing it for over 50 million years. Just as farming helped humans become a dominant species, it has also helped leaf-cutter ants become dominant herbivores, and one of the most successful social insects in nature. Advertisement: read more
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