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Ants were farming millions of years before humans.

Humans started agriculture thousands of years ago. Some ants were far earlier. Smithsonian research describes fungus-farming ants beginning agriculture tens of millions of years ago, with colonies cultivating fungal crops as food.

✓ Verified Source Smithsonian Institution

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Ants were farming millions of years before humans.

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