Oldest Ant Ever Found: 113-Million-Year-Old Hell Ant Unearthed In Brazil
In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed the oldest known ant fossil, dating back 113 million years, in northeastern Brazil. Published in the journal Current Biology, this finding reveals that ants were already widely distributed and highly diversified early in their evolutionary history. The ancient specimen, belonging to the extinct subfamily Haidomyrmecinae — commonly known…