Sentences with phrase «considers social insects»

Vargo said the work represents an important breakthrough, especially when one considers social insects such as honeybees, fire ants and termites are remarkable creatures among which thousands of individuals work together to form a superorganism.

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With tiny brains and force of numbers, social insects have achieved most of the things we consider quintessentially human — farming, warfare, air conditioning — and have taken over the world.