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Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration
Journey to the Ants A Story of Scientific Exploration Author:Bert Holldobler, Edward O. Wilson Journey to the Ants condenses the best of myrmecology with less technical language. Where special terms must be used, the authors define them on the spot. — Their approach is thematic at the beginning, then opens out increasingly into natural history. They start with an explanation of why ants have been so amazingly successful. — Ants aro... more »se amidst the dinosaurs about a hundred million years ago and spread quickly around the world. In their expansion they have undergone a spectacular radiation of adaptive forms. Their evolutionary achievement is the subject of the second half of the book. The authors offer a tour of the whole range of formicid biodiversity, from social parasites to army ants, nomadic herders, camouflaged huntresses, and builders of temperature-controlled skyscrapers.« less