Fascinating experiments done with humans and ants.

"Unsurprisingly, the cognitive abilities of humans gave them an edge in the individual challenge, in which they resorted to calculated, strategic planning, easily outperforming the ants.

In the group challenge, however, the picture was completely different, especially for the larger groups. Not only did groups of ants perform better than individual ants, but in some cases they did better than humans."

phys.org/news/2024-12-ants-sup…

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Ants prove superior to humans in group problem-solving maze experiment

Anyone who has dealt with ants in the kitchen knows that ants are highly social creatures; it's rare to see one alone. Humans are social creatures too, even if some of us enjoy solitude.

^{Weizmann Institute of Science (Phys.org)}