The Phylogeny and Evolution of Ants | Annual Reviews
WEBOriginating most likely in the early Cretaceous, ants have diversified to become the world's most successful eusocial insects, occupying most terrestrial ecosystems and acquiring a global ecological footprint.
Ant Evolution and the Environment | Expeditions - Field …
WEBAnts first appeared on the earth between 140 to 168 million years ago, during the Jurassic period—a time when dinosaurs roamed the land and plant life consisted mostly of cone- and spore-bearing species like pines …
Ant - Wikipedia
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been classified. They are easily identified by their geniculate (elbowed) antennae and the distinctive node-like structure that form…
Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA licenseThe Evolution of Ants: How They Have Adapted Over Time - Lively …
WEBIntroduction to Ant Evolution. Ants are among the most successful and diverse groups of insects on Earth. With over 12,000 known species, ants can be found in almost every …
Natural selection drives the evolution of ant life cycles
WEBJun 9, 2014 · We provide evidence of the causal forces of natural selection shaping several key phenomena: ( i) the relative lateness and rarity in geological time of the emergence of …
Tracing the Rise of Ants - Out of the Ground | PLOS ONE
WEBDec 26, 2013 · The evolution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is increasingly well-understood due to recent phylogenetic analyses, along with estimates of divergence times and diversification rates. Yet, leading …
Larger colony sizes favoured the evolution of more worker castes …
WEBAug 26, 2024 · Using data from 794 ant species, the authors test alternative causal models to explain the evolution of complexity in ant colonies.
Ant evolution: Amber revelations of extinction, survival …
WEBApr 22, 2024 · Ant fossils from the Cretaceous are rare but critical for understanding the early evolution of this incredibly successful group of animals. New amber fossils fill important gaps, revealing patterns of …
Macroecology and macroevolution of the latitudinal diversity …
WEBMay 3, 2018 · Here we present comprehensive geographic data encompassing nearly all described ant species — to our knowledge the first such dataset for any diverse terrestrial …
The Phylogeny and Evolution of Ants - eScholarship
WEBEusociality, a state of cooperation involving overlapping generations, collective care of the young, and reproductive division of labor, has evolved in relatively few animal groups, …
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