Nebraska-led international research team dates Caatinga forest termite mounds to 4,000 years

A researcher stands among the termite mounds in Brazil's Caatinga forest.
A researcher stands among the termite mounds in Brazil's Caatinga forest.
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According to a new study by Nebraka’s Paul Hanson, termites have built the 200 million cone-shaped mounds in Brazil’s Caatinga forest slowly termites for nearly 4,000 years.

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