Leaf Miners Identified as Oldest Insect Plague in the History of Earth
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Scientists have identified leaf miners as the oldest known insect plague, dating back 295 million years, prompting discussion about the timelessness of insect-related frustrations and the limitations of scientific knowledge.
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Funny to think that some (proto?) human was swearing at these things 295 million years ago the same way I am
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synapsida
It took evolution another 230-280 million years to develop fists to shake at bug infestations.
With many things in science, there isn't anything like that degree of incomplete information. We can talk about, say, a chemical reaction with extremely high certainty.
Also, in many cases a theory provides implicit context which makes the resulting statements true in the context of that theory. We can say that in general relativity, a black hole has a singularity at its center. There's no doubt about that, but it doesn't tell us whether actual physical black holes contain singularities.
"Leaf miners identified as oldest insect plague in the history of Earth"