A single mega-colony of ants has colonised much of the world, scientists have discovered.
Argentine ants living in vast numbers across Europe, the US and Japan belong to the same inter-related colony, and will refuse to fight one another.
One big family of ants has as much population as humans and they have siblings in almost every country in the world. How scary! Think about if the same thing happens to humans. Most population originates to the same gene and everyone around you would be your sibling. Everyone would look alike and shares a lot in common. Even if there would be no fighting and no discrimination, the world would be like a huge factory of mass production. The world would be less “alive” and pretty boring for sure. I hope human evolution would not end up like this.
Cynics would say that globalization is not much different Mizuki...but no, really, I don't suppose humans will ever get that bad. The headline makes me think more about an SF story, where we are all overrun by giant ants. Well, they certainly are very adaptable little critters. Maybe humans could learn by following their example of co-operation (but also allow time for fun- I don't think ants have much free time).
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