Friday, September 7, 2012

FOSSIL MUSEUM - AI0052: WORKER ANT


FOSSIL NO:AI0052
AGE:25 million years
TERM:Oligocene
LOCATION:Dominican Republic



LIVING SPECIMENS:




OTHER INFORMATION:
Ants are one of the most numerous species on Earth. Fossil records have revealed that ants have been the same for millions of years, and have never undergone any changes—in other words, they never evolved. The 25-million-year-old worker ant fossil pictured confirms this fact.

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