Episode

Eating Ants

Podcast: We Have Concerns
Published: Aug 22, 2025
Duration seconds: 3017
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Summary

Findings published in the journal Evolution reveal that mammals independently evolved specialized adaptations for exclusively feeding on ants and termites at least 12 times since the Cenozoic era began, roughly 66 million years ago. Why? And what does that reveal about how life has evolved on earth? Jeff and Anthony chew on the data to find out.