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Encyclopedia > Superorganism

A group of organisms, such as an insect colony, that functions as a social unit.


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Encyclopedia: Superorganism (565 words)
A superorganism is an organism consisting of many organisms.
This is usually meant to be a social unit of eusocial animals, where division of labour is highly specialised and where individuals are not able to survive by themselves for extended periods of time.
The concept of superorganism is under dispute, as many biologists maintain that in order for a social unit to be considered an organism by itself, the individuals should be in permanent physical connection to each other, and its evolution should be governed by selection to the whole society instead of individuals.
Excerpt: Superorganism (807 words)
The term superorganism slid into obscurity until it was revived by Sloan Kettering head Lewis Thomas in his influential 1974 book Lives Of A Cell.
They are unaware that someday they, like their parents, will have to cluster with their fellows in a desperate cooperative measure on which the future of their children will depend.
Another creature enlisted in a superorganism is the citizen of a society called the sponge.
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