Why Ants Tear Off Their Own Wings

Why Ants Tear Off Their Own Wings

Update: 2025-09-30
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In this episode, Richard Dawkins revisits a 2012 conversation from the Great Minds program, produced by the Educational Broadcasting System in South Korea. Drawing on themes from his book Flights of Fancy, Dawkins explores humanity’s ancient dream of flight, the physics that govern it, and the evolutionary paths that enabled some creatures to soar while others lost their wings.


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Why Ants Tear Off Their Own Wings

Why Ants Tear Off Their Own Wings

Richard Dawkins