are ants as old as dinosaurs?
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They're As Old As Dinosaurs Humans have been on Earth for around 200,000 years. While that seems like a long time, scientists believe ants have been here since the mid-Cretaceous period, which was 110 to 130 million years ago. ... It also means they survived the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs and an ice age.
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There is only one known species of the dinosaur: Giganotosaurus carolinii. It lived from 99.6 to 97 million years ago, during the early Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, or about about 30 million years before T. rex. ... Giganotosaurus walked upright on two large and powerful legs.
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Ants going extinct would strongly suggest most life on earth went extinct. Ants being small and so diverse are far more likely to survive than most species.
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Because army ants live in such large numbers, they are adapted for nomadic living. Instead of living in one overstuffed nest, they travel throughout the habitat, swarming on whatever prey they come across, such as roaches, crickets, scorpions, tarantulas, snakes and birds.
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Evolution: Ants more closely related to bees than to most wasps. Ants and bees are more related to each other than to social wasps (yellow jackets, paper wasps). ... Scientists previously thought that ants and bees were more distantly related, with ants being closer to certain parasitoid wasps.
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Why it may have taken more than an asteroid 65 million years ago to wipe out the dinosaur. The conventional and widely-accepted explanation for the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago is that this traumatic development resulted from the collision of a large asteroid with Earth.
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Paleontologists have uncovered countless dinosaur fossils since the original "Jurassic Park" movie came out in 1993. The discoveries have changed their understanding of how dinosaurs looked, sounded, and acted. Most of the creatures we see on screen throughout the franchise are not scientifically accurate.
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“Dinosaurs” is a large groups of animals, which includes birds (who are the only still living dinosaurs), so birds are 100% dinosaurs, and thus there is no difference between “them”. ... Birds are dinosaurs.
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They can also be destructive to vegetation when they invade areas in large numbers and they are known for giving a painful bite. Pharaoh ants: These ants are tiny at 1/16 of an inch long. They are pale yellow/red in color with an almost black abdomen.
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No, as they are probably useless in maneuvering underground or building living bridges or the kind of cooperative work we see ants do. Each has their own unique skill set, which they are born with instinctively and don't have to learn, so its not accurate to call these abilities intelligence let alone compare the two.
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In fact, birds are commonly thought to be the only animals around today that are direct descendants of dinosaurs. So next time you visit a farm, remember, all those squawking chickens are actually the closest living relative of the most incredible predator the world has ever known!
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Nor are they related to dinosaurs. ... Mammals and dinosaurs branched off from a common ancestor hundreds of millions of years ago. They may both have horns, but triceratops and rhinos are very different. Usually you wouldn't refer to them as “related.”
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Ants are quite the travelers. They are found nearly everywhere on Earth, with the exception of Antarctica and the Arctic (there are also a few islands that seem to be free of ants). There is one species of ant, the Argentine ant, known as Linepithema humilespecies, that has invaded 6 continents.
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During the Mesozoic, or "Middle Life" Era, life diversified rapidly and giant reptiles, dinosaurs and other monstrous beasts roamed the Earth. The period, which spans from about 252 million years ago to about 66 million years ago, was also known as the age of reptiles or the age of dinosaurs.
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It is around 120 million years old. This means that Jurassic Park is probably not possible exactly as Michael Crichton wrote it. But the search for dinosaur DNA doesn't end there. Blood residue has been found inside ancient insects - they just weren't found in amber.
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Beyond their longevity, queen ants are almost always bigger than other members of their colony. This extra bulk helps her majesty lay eggs, but it's also needed because queen ants also often have wings. These extra appendages mean they need the added musculature to power them.
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Yellow crazy ants do not bite, but spray formic acid to blind and kill their prey. Once the ants reach super colony levels they can become a severe threat to people, especially children and the elderly, as well as pets.