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How cathedral termites got to Australia to build their 'sky-scrapers'

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Science Daily

Publication Date
2017-02-23

They build among the tallest non-human structures (proportionately speaking) in the world and now a pioneering study has found the termites that live in Australia's remote Top End originated from overseas -- rafting vast distances and migrating from tree-tops to the ground, as humans later did.

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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170221220642.htm