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Were Termites the World’s First Farmers?
A 25 million-year-old termite nest with the remains of a fungus garden preserved inside. Credit: H. Hilbert-Wolf
By Eric Roberts & Christopher Todd
New trace fossils from the African Rift Valley reveal evidence for the origins of agriculture, not by humans but by insects.
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