eusocial

Definitions

Examples

• Burns thinks the staghorns’ newfound traits tick many of the boxes needed to support a claim that they, too, are eusocial.

• Such a high degree of genetic relatedness is seen in colonies of eusocial insects.

• Seeing eusocial living in plants “seems to indicate to me that this type of transition in the evolution of complexity doesn’t require a brain,” Burns says.

• Scientists call these types of cooperative groups, where overlapping generations live together and form castes to divide labor and reproductive roles, “eusocial.”

• An assumed requirement for eusocial colonial living is behavioral coordination, because it allows different individuals to work together.