Extinct and extant termites reveal the fidelity of behavior fossilization in amber
Nobuaki Mizumoto,
Simon Hellemans,
Michael S. Engel
et al.
Abstract:Fossils encompassing multiple individuals provide rare direct evidence of behavioral interactions among extinct organisms. However, the fossilization process can alter the spatial relationship between individuals and hinder behavioral reconstruction. Here, we report a Baltic amber inclusion preserving a female–male pair of the extinct termite species
Electrotermes affinis
. The head-to-abdomen contact in the fossilized pair resembles the tandem courtship behavior of extant termites, alt… Show more
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