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'Jumping genes' helped ants in their evolutionary triumph after the extinction of the dinosaurs
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What we know
About 66 million years ago, the asteroid that ended the age of the dinosaurs paved the way for a spectacular expansion of new animal species. During this period, ants rose to ecological dominance.
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'Jumping genes' helped ants in their evolutionary triumph after the extinction of the dinosaurs
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