The fact that this ant is the earliest ant ever found and already possessed the same iconic scythe-like jaws as other hell ants, suggests that these traits evolved early after ants first appeared.

(CN) — Scientists have identified what is now considered the oldest ant specimen in the fossil record, a 113 million-year-old "hell ant" discovered in northeastern Brazil. The groundbreaking find, ...

The jaws were likely used to pin and impale their helpless prey. Now, a team in Brazil has uncovered a 113-million-year-old hell ant that represents the oldest hell ant specimen known to science.

A 113-million-year-old hell ant that once lived in northeastern Brazil is now the oldest ant specimen known to science, finds a report published in Current Biology. The hell ant, which was ...

113 Million-Yr-Old Fossil of ‘Hell Ant’ Found in a Chunk of Limestone Is the Oldest Known Ant Specimen Ever Identified New findings in nature provide experts with a better understanding of ...

A 113-million-year-old hell ant that once lived in northeastern Brazil is now the oldest ant specimen known to science, finds a report publishing in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on April ...

(Reuters) -Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of the oldest-known ant - a winged insect with fearsome scythe-like jaws that lived about 113 million years ago during the age of ...

The “remarkably well-preserved" hell ant was found in limestone in Brazil. (Anderson Lepeco via SWNS) By Stephen Beech A 113-million-year-old fossilized ant is the oldest ever discovered.

Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of the oldest-known ant, a winged insect with fearsome scythe-like jaws that lived 113 million years ago during the age of dinosaurs and was ...

A 113-million-year-old fossilized ant is the oldest ever discovered. The “remarkably well-preserved" hell ant was found in limestone in Brazil. Scientists say it is a member of Haidomyrmecinae ...