Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.

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Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.

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In some ways, I had a traditional ‘old South’ upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an

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If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.

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If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.
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The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined.

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The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined.
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I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.

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Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?

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Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?
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An individual ant, even though it has a brain about a millionth of a size of a human being’s, can learn a maze; the kind we use is a simple rat maze in a laboratory. They can learn it about one-half as fast as a rat.
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