Tim Linksvayer
@tlinksvayer.bsky.social
Evolution of social complexity & evolutionary genetics of social insects. Assoc Prof at Arizona State University
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And of course, don't miss our paper out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social:
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Superefficient teamwork in weaver ants
Nesting weaver ants combine into chains to pull leaves together. Stewardson, Carlesso,
et al. show that, unlike humans, weaver ant teams are superefficient: individual force
output grows alongside tea...
www.cell.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
And of course, don't miss our paper out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social:
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Reposted by Tim Linksvayer
I am very thankful for the support from the Department of Biological Sciences and Dartmouth @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social for supporting my interdisciplinary research vision! We are recruiting Post Docs and Grad Students to join this exciting endeavor!
September 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I am very thankful for the support from the Department of Biological Sciences and Dartmouth @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social for supporting my interdisciplinary research vision! We are recruiting Post Docs and Grad Students to join this exciting endeavor!
Why mechanistically would collective behaviors evolve more rapidly? We hypothesize that it's all about social interactions: traits governing social interactions (e.g., among workers, queens, and brood) can contribute to rapid group-level change. 7/7
May 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Why mechanistically would collective behaviors evolve more rapidly? We hypothesize that it's all about social interactions: traits governing social interactions (e.g., among workers, queens, and brood) can contribute to rapid group-level change. 7/7
Does collective behavior generally evolve more rapidly than individual-level behavior (and do emergent traits generally evolve more rapidly than lower-level traits)? We’d love to study this in other systems! 6/
May 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Does collective behavior generally evolve more rapidly than individual-level behavior (and do emergent traits generally evolve more rapidly than lower-level traits)? We’d love to study this in other systems! 6/