Ant societies rose by trading individual protection for collective power—the evolution of 'squishability'
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Ant societies rose by trading individual protection for collective power—the evolution of 'squishability'

Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses? The famous question, though implausible, reflects a ubiquitous tradeoff between quantity and quality. Now, a study shows that this dilemma operates in biology at the evolutionary scale.