Termites might be small but with a bit of time and a close examination one can become aware of the amazing evolutionary path they have taken to achieve their awe inspiring abilities. These achievements and the group harmony their social organization achieves begs the question of where humans are at in their own evolution. Will our social organization skills ever approach the efficiency to take care of every individual in the group and their safety? If there is enough time, we will see. At the present level of consumption by our species we will need four Earths to adequately supply that rate, irrespective of the sustainability of that extraction on those “four Earths”
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https://www.tbsnews.net/thoughts/termite-mound-diabari-and-question-about-ourselves-1370086?amp
Worker termites consuming wood. Credit: Pawich Sattalerd / Shutterstock.
