# "Jumping genes" helped ants evolve after the extinction of the dinosaurs

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1 outlet covering · First listed: Hacker News, Nov 8, 2026, 9:16 AM · Read it: <https://www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.php?cmdid=15659&user_id=66c4bf745d78644b3aa57b08>

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- Nov 8, 2026, 9:16 AM: ["Jumping genes" helped ants evolve after the extinction of the dinosaurs](<https://www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.php?cmdid=15659&user_id=66c4bf745d78644b3aa57b08>) — Hacker News (Aggregator, United States)