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Like humans, wasps seem to recognize faces as more than the sum of their parts – Science Magazine
Experiment suggests social wasps evolved an efficient facial recognition system
Golden paper wasps seem to identify one another by looking at the whole face, rather than relying on distinctive markings.
Elizabeth Tibbetts
By Cathleen OGradyJan. 19, 2021 , 7:01 PM
Golden paper wasps have demanding social lives. To keep track of whos who in a complex pecking order, they have to recognize and remember many individual faces. Now, an experiment suggests the brains of these wasps process faces all at oncesimilar to how human facial recognition works. Its the first evidence of insects…
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