Fungi Infected ants 100 million years ago
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Zombifying fungi have been infecting insects for 99 million years

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A fossil of a fungus-infected ant pupa was found in amber in China .
The fossil suggests that the fungus has been infecting ants twice as long as previously thought.
Ophiocordyceps fungi infect insects like flies, caterpillars and ants.
The oldest fossil ant ever found is 113 million years old .
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