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		jsenn 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Simple Algorithm That Ants Use to Build Bridge... Deborah Gordon (ant biologist) makes this argument in her book Ant Encounters. Because the ants in a colony are all sisters, the unit of reproduction is actually the colony rather than the individual ant. Great book!

wonderwonder 11 months ago | [–]

Thanks for the rec, just ordered it. Its part of a series on complex systems, pretty cool

kevinventullo 11 months ago | [–]

The unit of reproduction, and thus the unit of Darwinian evolution!

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