> Pass on their skills Does this necessarily mean "learning" in the sense that humans use that word? Approximately 15 millions years ago, leafcutter ants comp

> Pass on their skills Does this necessarily mean "learning" in the sense that humans use that word? Approximately 15 millions years ago, leafcutter ants completed the 30 million year process of domesticating another species [1] (something also done by ambrosia beetles and termites, not just humans) - the Leucoagaricus gongylophorus fungus cultivated by the adults is used to feed the ant larvae, and the adult ants feed on leaf sap. The fungus needs the ants to stay alive, and the larvae need the fungus to stay alive, so mutualism is obligatory. All with 250,000 neurons! Whether it was the fungus that domesticated the ant or the ant that domesticated the fungus, can passing on this skill also be considered a learned activity? [1] - https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/crop-domestication-balancing-act https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/crop-domestication-bala...