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Researchers observed evidence of queuing migration in mites fossilized inside a piece of Burmese amber dating to approximately 100 million years ago.
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Burmese amber
Who
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, including Diying Huang and Qiang Xuan
What
Researchers observed evidence of queuing migration in mites fossilized inside a piece of Burmese amber dating to approximately 100 million years ago.
When
Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:00:01 GMT · 3h 31m ago
Where
Burmese amber ·
Why
This observation provides the earliest known evidence of collective queuing behavior in terrestrial arthropods.
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The discovery suggests that complex collective behaviors like queuing migration, facilitated by silk production, emerged earlier in terrestrial arthropods than previously thought, offering new insights into arthropod evolution.
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3 events in this thread- Health & Science3h 31m agoResearchers observed evidence of queuing migration in mites fossilized inside a piece of Burmese amber dating to approximately 100 million years ago, providing the earliest known evidence of this collective behavior in terrestrial arthropods.Open article
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- Health & Science3h 31m agoResearchers observed mites fossilized inside a piece of Burmese amber, dating to approximately 100 million years ago, formed in a long, orderly queue.Open article