Scythe-jawed hell ant from 113 million years ago is oldest known specimen

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Apr 24, 2025, 11:00 am79 pts
A 113-million-year-old hell ant that once lived in northeastern Brazil is now the oldest ant specimen known to science, finds a report published in Current Biology. The hell ant, which was preserved in limestone, is a member of Haidomyrmecinae—an extinct subfamily that only lived during the Cretaceous period.…

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