The Soul of the White Ant
by Eugène Marais · first published 2015
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This point is made in the book "The Soul of the White Ant" by Eugène Marais, and is perhaps the primary thesis of the book. It is a fascinating book, and I can recommend reading it, though having been published in 1925, it is possible some of the information…
on “An ant colony has memories its individual members don’t have (2019)” ↗Ants and termites are awesome. The organism analogy of an insect society is actually due to Eugene Marais (who studied termites). An interesting book of termites is Soul of the White Ant which you can find here: http://www.soilandhealth.org/03sov/0302hsted/030213marais/Th... It is pretty readable for a book that is >75 years old. Termites can have little fungal farms. They also…
on “The Superior Civilization: E.O. Wilson's latest book on ants ” ↗Eugène N. Marais - The Soul of the White Ant (1937) http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library/Marais1/whiteantToC...
on “An ant colony has memories its individual members don’t have (2019)” ↗