Oligocene Termite Nests with In Situ Fungus Gardens from the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania, Support a Paleogene African Origin for Insect Agriculture

Based on molecular dating, the origin of insect agriculture is hypothesized to have taken place independently in three clades of fungus-farming insects: the termites, ants or ambrosia beetles during the Paleogene (66–24 Ma). Yet, definitive fossil evidence of fungus-growing behavior has been elusive...

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Autores principales: Roberts, Eric M., Todd, Christopher N., Aanen, Duur K., Nobre, Tânia, Hilbert-Wolf, Hannah L., O’Connor, Patrick M., Tapanila, Leif, Mtelela, Cassy, Stevens, Nancy J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4917219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27333288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156847

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4917219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27333288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156847

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