Ancient 'fig wasp' lived tens of millions of years before figs
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 12:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A 115-million-year-old fossilized wasp from northeast Brazil presents a baffling puzzle to researchers. The wasp's ovipositor, the organ through which it lays its eggs, looks a lot like those of present-day wasps that lay their eggs in figs. The problem, researchers say, is that figs arose about 65 million years after this wasp was alive.