ABSTRACT
Ho¨lldobler, Bert Wilson, Edward O. Like all myrmecologists. . .we are prone to view the Earth’s surface idiosyncratically, as a network of ant colonies. We carry a global map of these relentless little insects in our heads. Everywhere we go their ubiquity and predictable natures makes us feel at home, for we have learned to read part of their language and we understand certain designs of their social organization better than anyone understands the behavior of our fellow humans.
