How did ants evolve from bees into one of Earth's most dominant and ubiquitous life forms? In this episode, we travel back over 100 million years to meet the ancestors of modern ants and trace their incredible evolutionary journey.

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** This episode was dubbed from Portuguese to English using the Eleven Labs artificial intelligence tool **

CREDITS

Script: Maria Eduarda Lima Vieira and Carolina Rodrigues dos Santos

Guest Researchers: Fabrício Baccaro and Rodrigo Feitosa

Automatic Dubbing: ElevenLabs (funded by PPG-PSE-USP PROEX funding)

Editing: Carolina Rodrigues dos Santos

Soundtrack: Radiadora Sonorização

Visual Identity: Maria Eduarda Lima Vieira

Cover photo: Alex Wild