The Similarity and Difference between Ant and Human Ultrasocieties: From the Viewpoint of Scaling Laws

Chen Hou

doi:10.1017/S0140525X15001077

The Similarity and Difference between Ant and Human Ultrasocieties: From the Viewpoint of Scaling Laws

Chen Hou

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Complementary to Gowdy & Krall's comparison between ants and humans, I use economy scaling laws to discuss the similarity and difference between them quantitatively. I hypothesize that individual variations in society result in higher energetic efficiency in larger groups, and that the difference in the sustainability between these species originates from the driving forces of growth with different scaling powers.

Original language	American English
Journal	Behavioral and brain sciences
Volume	39
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X15001077
State	Published - Jan 1 2016

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