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In 1994, in his book “The Way to the ants’ American entomologist Edward Wilson and German biologist Bert Helldoblera it has been suggested that if the weigh all living in a world of ants, then their weight is equal to the total weight of all the people. Then, scientists believed that the Earth has 1 million trillion insects. This calculation is based on the idea that the average person weighs a million times more than the average ant. However entomologist Francis Ratnieks of Sussex University to doubt the correctness of calculations. He says, when you consider that the average person’s weight – 62 kg. But not every ant boasts a weight of 62 mg. Ordinary ants living in British gardens, weigh 1-2 mg, he said. Scientist observes that 2000 years ago, ants overtaken by weight of humanity, but about the end of XVIII century, mankind began to grow rapidly and surpassed by weight of ants . Entomologist Francis Ratnieks also notes that not only are more and more people, but also representatives of humanity become thicker and heavier. “So it’s not surprising that we left the ants behind” – was quoted as Russian Service BBC. & amp; gt

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