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View a collection of videos on professor wilson entitled on the relation of science and the humanitiesthis landmark work, the distillation of a lifetime of research by the worlds leading myrmecologists, is a thoroughgoing survey of one of the largest and most diverse groups of animals on the planet. Of all published articles, the following were the most read within the past 12 months. He and his research team explore the behavioral mechanisms that underlie communication and division of labor systems in ant societies. But journey to the ants is a classic for the general readers and so well written that, i believe, it is a must to everyone having interests in the wonderful world of ants.
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