“Like finding a diamond”: a fossil of 16 million years of elusive anticipates stuns scientists

A rare fossil in Dominican amber reveals a miniature “earth ant” and formerly native to the Caribbean. Ants are a current show wherever the ground is found, but a group is so camouflaged in an expert manner that they have won the exclusive name of the “fines of dirt” (basinieros). A newly discovered fossil now offers new previews on how […]