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(Note: some of the results in the following paragraphs seem potentially dubious. Refer to this footnote((These results indicate an incredibly high level of cognitive sophistication. This has led to some speculation about the veracity of the claims. For instance, in Advanced Cognition in Ants, Czaczkes notes that “The cognitive abilities reported in this body of work are so far advanced from other cognitive abilities reported for other insects or even great apes, corvids, or cetaceans that there is not yet consensus as to whether these results can be accepted at face value.” And similarly, “To my knowledge, the only published independent attempt to replicate simple contact-based directional communication [...] failed.”)) for a brief review of skepticism about the veracity of these studies.) | (Note: some of the results in the following paragraphs seem potentially dubious. Refer to this footnote((These results indicate an incredibly high level of cognitive sophistication. This has led to some speculation about the veracity of the claims. For instance, in Advanced Cognition in Ants, Czaczkes notes that “The cognitive abilities reported in this body of work are so far advanced from other cognitive abilities reported for other insects or even great apes, corvids, or cetaceans that there is not yet consensus as to whether these results can be accepted at face value.” And similarly, “To my knowledge, the only published independent attempt to replicate simple contact-based directional communication [...] failed.”)) for a brief review of skepticism about the veracity of these studies.) | ||
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There is another set of studies (reviewed by Reznikova here((Reznikova, | There is another set of studies (reviewed by Reznikova here((Reznikova, | ||
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Based on these studies, the researchers calculated that ants are capable of transmitting around 1 bit per minute.((In this study it was slightly less than 1 bit per minute, but in other studies it was slightly more.)) For reference, human languages have been estimated to transmit ~2400 bits per minute.((See " | Based on these studies, the researchers calculated that ants are capable of transmitting around 1 bit per minute.((In this study it was slightly less than 1 bit per minute, but in other studies it was slightly more.)) For reference, human languages have been estimated to transmit ~2400 bits per minute.((See " |