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

Author

Chen Hou, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow

Abstract

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.

Recommended Citation

C. Hou, "The Similarity and Difference between Ant and Human Ultrasocieties: From the Viewpoint of Scaling Laws," Behavioral and brain sciences, vol. 39, p. e101, Cambridge University Press, Jan 2016.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X15001077

Department(s)

Biological Sciences

Comments

In response to "The economic origins of ultrasociality", https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X1500059X

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0140-525X; 1469-1825

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English

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© 2016 Cambridge University Press, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2016