Yes, it is true... Ants are sentient creatures. They also share an IMMENSE amount of traits with humans.

1. Complex social structure.
2. Self-awareness
3. Central government (You could call ants communist)
4. Ability to farm, build, and have symbiotic realationships in full awareness.
5. Strategize during inter-colonial wars.

1. This is observable in any ant hill. Every ants has a job, and they communicate with each other. They also have a caste system.

2. This can be studied in laboratories with ants faced with life or death challenges.

3. This can be observed in the common ant hill. The queen regulates everything from food stock, to population, and assigning jobs.

4. Some ants literally farm smaller organisms for the food they produce. They also are know to build complex structures out of any kind of dirt or sand, and leaves, and sticks. They even sometimes use other ants as their structure. Some ants also farm a sort of fungi which both feeds them, and gives them shelter, in return for food.

5. Again, watch ants fight, and you will see common military strategies. All-out force. Column attacks, etc.

Now... What do you think?