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Fungus-growing ants have been cultivating crops for 50 million years

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United Press International (UPI)

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2014-12-11

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Humans think they're so smart, with their fancy farms. But while humans have been cultivating crops for a little more than 10,000 years, ants have been growing their own food for 50 million years.

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