Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>The researchers found that the ancestors of the modern ant-grown <a href="https://noc.social/tags/fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fungi</span></a> began evolving 66 million years ago — the same time that a massive <a href="https://noc.social/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> collided with what’s now the <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Yucat%C3%A1nPeninsula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YucatánPeninsula</span></a> in <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Chicxulub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicxulub</span></a>, <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a>. </p><p>The cloud of dust from the impact blotted out the <a href="https://noc.social/tags/sunlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sunlight</span></a>, causing a dramatic die-off of <a href="https://noc.social/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a> and <a href="https://noc.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a>, including the <a href="https://noc.social/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dinosaurs</span></a> (except for <a href="https://noc.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a>).</p><p>When a massive asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, <a href="https://noc.social/tags/ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ants</span></a> began farming fungi<br><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/04/science/ants-fungi-farming-asteroid-study/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">edition.cnn.com/2024/10/04/sci</span><span class="invisible">ence/ants-fungi-farming-asteroid-study/index.html</span></a></p>