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Little Creatures Who Run the World
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Program Overview
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As a species, human beings seem to have been extremely successful in
evolving and adapting to their environment. In this episode of NOVA,
Dr. Edward Wilson, a sociobiologist, suggests that another group of
animals - ants - may actually be the most successful Earth creature.
Ants outnumber humans at a rate of a million to one. They can be
found almost everywhere on the planet, and have existed in some form
back almost to the time of the earliest living things. Dr. Wilson
argues that the instinctive behavior of ants, particularly their
tendency to live in large colonies, have made it possible for ants
to survive in most conditions. The program compares ant behavior
with human social structures, and makes the case that human
societies may not be as well organized as ant colonies.
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