ants evolved as a statement of fact i was wondering if we could have some references inserted after the second sentence of this article ants evolved from wasp like ancestors in the mid cretaceous period between and million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants also perhaps this statement should begin with the words many experts believe or evidence suggests etc etc rather than making a statement of fact since this is not an established fact preceding unsigned comment added by this brings up a good point that many things are stated as fact when it comes to science i think that people are only careful to state things the way you describe for things that haven't been statistically proven which points out several flaws in the statement evolution is well enough established as well as ants evolving from wasps but them first appearing the the mid cretaceous period is hard to statistically prove i suppose this should be changed if i'm right but i may not be talk the cretaceous period is not a short duration even on an evolutionary scale the sentence might appear precise if used with some small unit of time but putting it at somewhere between to million years is not exactly being very precise nor does it appear to be an arrogant statement of the available evidence very true talk ants where do ants mate how long do they live do they have sex preceding unsigned comment added by heh viable question this spawned me to look over the reproduction part of the page and i did some rewriting it should be double checked for good measure the article answers these well enough ant's live varied amounts of time depending on many things some workers only live a few months while some queens have been recorded to live more that years talk common ants varieties there is almost no mention of little black ants or red ants in this article i see these ants everywhere and think that there should be more mention of them i'm not sure where you are but if it's europe then those guys are probably lasius niger and myrmica rubra they aren't common everywhere ''' user sean hoyland