A “remarkably well-preserved” fossil discovered in Brazil, dating back 113 million years, is now the oldest ant to have ever been found by scientists, a new study has revealed. The ancient fossil was found preserved in a limestone and “represents the earliest undisputed ant known to science,” the authors write in the study.
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Weird synchronicity, I was just watching ants hard at work the other day and found myself wondering how long they had been around.
You might say that it’s… anciANT 😎
Too bad the article doesn’t say how big this is
In the article linked as “statement”, there’s an image with a scale:
Thank you! The Mongabay article removed the scale in the pictures.
Back from the article to report this thing is called a HELL ant and had scythes. Back then was badass
Ant?
Hell (!) yeah! They sound awesome :O
