How AoE2 is helping scientists understand ants

In this video we'll look at an academic study which used Age of Empires 2 to simulate battles between ants and explore Lanchester's Square Law.

The Study (published in PNAS): https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas...
Written by Dr. Samuel Lymbery, Dr. Bruce Webber, and Dr. Raphael Didham. Edited by Dr. Douglas Emlen.

More informal explanation of the study written by one of the authors (Dr. Webber): https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/Arti...

Check out more cool stuff at Australia National Science Agency's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@csiro/videos

Photo credit of the ants taken during the study: Dr. Bruce Webber.

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