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Evolution of ants
Evolution of ants
Conclusion
That was all the research I have gathered about the evolution of ants and I am happy to be showing this to the North Carolina of Natural Science. Thank you!
Evolution of ants
Climate and other changes
Ants evolved from wasp like ancestors in the Cretaceous period, about 99 MYA and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than 12,500 of an estimated total of 22 thousand species have been classified.Through all these continental and climatic changes, ants managed to survive and thrive, eventually colonizing almost every landscape on Earth. Today, scientists have identified more than 12,500 species, but guessing that there is perhaps another 10,000 species yet to be discovered
During the time when ants began to divide, Earth's continents were put together into two supercontinents,Eurasia and Gondwana. Over time, these two supercontinents began to drift apart and break up into the continents we know today.
As they drifted, these continents experienced climate changes based on their migrating locations on the globe and geological events such as mountain building and volcanic activity. Plant and animal species living on these moving continents either adapted to the changes or eventually became extinct.
Introduction
Evolution of Ants
Facts
By Thomas Daniel
Hi! My name is Thomas Daniel and I hope to make the North Carolina of Natural Science proud by showing them the species I have chose and my exhibit I have provided them to see. Thank you!
Ants first appeared on the earth between 140 to 168 MYA, during the Jurassic period. A time when dinosaurs roamed the land and plant life consisted mostly of cone- and spore-bearing species like pines and ferns. Ants were little in population compared to other insects, until flowering plants began to blossom and produce flowers and fruits around 100 MYA.