December 22, 2015 at 03:43PM
What "led ants to translate simple patterns of encounter into decisions about what to do next."? #readingToday

The social structure of an ant colony is much more than who lays the eggs, and the evolution of ant behavior is the evolution of coordinated colony organization. If a genie popped out of a bottle and offered to tell me anything about the origin of ant colonies, I would ask to learn about the trajectory that led ants to translate simple patterns of encounter into decisions about what to do next. This is what produced the organization of the colonies we see today.

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