{"id":4528,"date":"2023-12-28T14:13:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T07:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/?p=4528"},"modified":"2024-01-03T07:33:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T00:33:18","slug":"ants-and-angiosperms-key-to-global-domination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/ants-and-angiosperms-key-to-global-domination\/","title":{"rendered":"Ants and Angiosperms: Key to Global Domination?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>TLDR<\/strong>: Ants&#8217; evolutionary success tied to flowering plants&#8217; rise, transforming them from rare predators to dominant global species.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This article is a summary of a You Tube video &#8220;You&#8217;re Living On An Ant Planet&#8221; by PBS Eons<br \/>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wp8ux8Xlj48?si=i2yualGLKI4jzGQR\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Key Takeaways:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>National Fossil Day Celebration:<\/strong> The Eons team will celebrate National Fossil Day with a live stream event, featuring a game called &#8220;Wheel of Deep Time.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mysterious Game Format:<\/strong> Details of the game are kept secret from the hosts, promising a spontaneous and engaging experience.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Discovery of Ancient Ant:<\/strong> Kyromyrma neffi, an ancient ant, was discovered preserved in amber, dating back 93 million years, in New Jersey.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ant Evolution and Diversity:<\/strong> Kyromyrma represents the earliest known ant in a modern subfamily. Initially, ants were not as common or diverse as other insects.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rise of Ants in Cenozoic Era:<\/strong> Ants surged in diversity during the Cenozoic era, now representing a significant portion of insects in amber and inhabiting diverse ecosystems.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ants&#8217; Ancestral Origins:<\/strong> Ants evolved from a species of wingless, predatory wasp during the Early Cretaceous, leading to their current widespread presence.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dynastic Succession Hypothesis:<\/strong> Proposed by EO Wilson and Bert H\u00f6lldobler, this hypothesis links ants&#8217; diversification to the rise of flowering plants (angiosperms).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Genetic and Fossil Research:<\/strong> Studies using molecular clock analysis and family trees have shown a close relationship between the diversification of ants and the rise of angiosperms.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ant-Plant Mutualism:<\/strong> Ants adapted to new food sources and habitats provided by angiosperms, leading to mutualistic relationships like extrafloral nectaries and seed dispersal.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Impact on Global Ecosystems:<\/strong> The symbiotic relationship between ants and angiosperms significantly influenced terrestrial ecosystems, aiding ants&#8217; spread to new environments.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ants&#8217; evolutionary success tied to flowering plants&#8217; rise, transforming them from rare predators to dominant global species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science","category-44","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4532,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4528\/revisions\/4532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}