New Jersey Institute of Technology: First Caribbean 'Dirt Ant' Found in 16-Million-Year-Old Amber
April 17, 2025
April 17, 2025
NEWARK, New Jersey, April 17 -- The New Jersey Institute of Technology issued the following news release:
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First Caribbean 'Dirt Ant' Found in 16-Million-Year-Old Amber
Biologists at NJIT unearth a buried chapter in the evolution of dirt ants, uncovering first fossil evidence that one of Earth's stealthiest insects inhabited the Caribbean millions of years ago.
Wherever there's dirt there's bound to be ants, but on . . .
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First Caribbean 'Dirt Ant' Found in 16-Million-Year-Old Amber
Biologists at NJIT unearth a buried chapter in the evolution of dirt ants, uncovering first fossil evidence that one of Earth's stealthiest insects inhabited the Caribbean millions of years ago.
Wherever there's dirt there's bound to be ants, but on . . .