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Aaron Elvis Jupin, Never Gonna sleep (stick your finger in your eye), 2022

Aaron Elvis Jupin

Never Gonna sleep (stick your finger in your eye)
2022
ink and graphite on paper 
28×19 cm
courtesy of the artist

Ant sisters are more closely related than human sisters, sharing 75% of their genes on average.47,48

  • This high degree of genetic similarity makes it evolutionarily advantageous for them to support their sisters over their brothers.
  • Dawkins, 1976