Revising the Superorganism: An Organizational Approach to Complex Eusociality

Revising the Superorganism: An Organizational Approach to Complex Eusociality

Eusociality is broadly defined as: colonies consisting of overlapping generations, cooperative brood care, and a reproductive division of labor where sterile (or non-reproductive) workers help the reproductive members. Colonies of many complex eusocial insect species (e.g., ants, bees, termites) exh...

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Main Authors: Mark Canciani, Argyris Arnellos, Alvaro Moreno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
eusociality
self-organization
hierarchical regulation
inter-identity
superorganism
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02653/full

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