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erronis

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6. That's really interesting. Perhaps their social structure has led them to develop this capability.

Reply to Warpy (Reply #5)

Tue Jul 29, 2025, 07:52 PM

Jul 29

One of my relatives is a rather well-known etymologist who studied this type of social organization and coined 'eusocial' - which came to be a term in the lexicon.

On looking up eusociality in Wikipedia, I see the mole-rats, and her primary subject, Halactid bees.

Life is fun, but I'm not sure I want to risk another incarnation!

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Wasps may hold the secret to slowing down the aging process [View all] erronis Jul 29 OP

Epigenetics is the next big key. It's the reason why one identical twin gets cancer and the other doesn't Bernardo de La Paz Jul 29 #1

Old news. Roger Corman documented that in 1959. blm Jul 29 #2

The Wasp Woman blm Jul 29 #3

This was known several years ago by the women who frequent Merde-a-Lardo. With typical MAGAt misunderstanding of jls4561 Jul 29 #4

Or naked mole rats Warpy Jul 29 #5

That's really interesting. Perhaps their social structure has led them to develop this capability. erronis Jul 29 #6