Previously, the oldest known ants came from amber in France and Myanmar, dating back about 100 million years. This new specimen pushes that date back by 13 million years. More importantly, it’s the ...

Scientists say it is a member of Haidomyrmecinae - an extinct group that only lived during the Cretaceous period.

Brazilian fossil hunters unearthed Earth's oldest known ant, a 113 million-year-old predator with scythe-like jaws that ...

Preserved in limestone and dating back 113 million years, the specimen is now the oldest known ant fossil, according to a new ...

Entombed in stone for 113 million years, this ancient insect is the oldest ant specimen known to science. It’s a new species that belongs to an extinct subfamily of ants called Haidomyrmecinae – ...