Social isolation affects ants in similar ways as humans

Ants respond to social isolation in similar ways as humans and other mammals, according to a new study. The researchers found that ants who endured social isolation exhibited behavioral differences, such as letting themselves go. The experts were particularly surprised to find that immune and stress genes became less active in the brains of the isolated ants.  "This makes the immune system less efficient, a phenomenon that is also apparent in socially isolating humans - notably at present during the COVID-19 crisis," explainedp study co-author Professor Susanne …