nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10747-6

never mind i’ll look it up later

wait what’s alloparenting again

i respect it 🐜

with a dash of chemistry

so ants are just out here being chaotic good

but it’s fun to think about

probably not

like can we make humans do this?

wait what’s the practical use of this

i need a t-shirt

with a side of pheromones

so ants are like... tiny ancient social workers

haha

or maybe we’re just slow

science moves slow

and we just found out?

so ants have been doing this forever

like... millions of years old

that it’s all regulated by ancient neuropeptides

wait what’s the weirdest part

i love it

it’s like a buffet of responsibility

and suddenly they’re alloparenting

so ants are just out here sharing food

science demands sacrifice

but it’s worth experimenting

idk

do they become nannies too?