myrmepropagandist on Nostr: One of the more confusing concepts in evolutionary biology is when biologists call a ...
One of the more confusing concepts in evolutionary biology is when biologists call a particular species "primitive"-- for example the bull ants (genus Myrmecia) are often call "primitive ants" because they tend to be solitary hunters. Diacamma is described as "primitive" for being solitary hunters and for having gamergates. (workers that become queens.)
The concept is that these species have retained some trait that has largely vanished from other ants. 1/
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