Ants were among the world’s first farmers
Excerpt from the November 11, 1967 issue of Science News
FOUNDING FARMERS Leaf-cutter ants (Atta laevigata) cultivate a fungus garden in Brazil. Ant species belonging to this genus have been tending fungus gardens for some 60 million years.
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Fungus farmers
Finding the chemical basis for the close association between the Attine ants, inhabiting an area extending from Argentina to the southern United States, and the fungus they culture is the aim of research … by Prof.