The soul of the white ant
Title:
The soul of the white ant
Author:
Marais, Eugène Nielen, 1872-1936.
ISBN:
9780798145930
Personal Author:
Uniform Title:
Siel van die mier. English
Edition:
[New ed. ].
Publication Information:
Cape Town : Human & Rousseau, 2006.
Physical Description:
175 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
General Note:
"First published in Afrikaans under the title Die siel van die mier, 1937"--Title page verso.
Abstract:
In his fascinating investigations into the psyche of the ants, their strangely rich inherited memory of instinct, Marais makes challenging assertions about the group soul of the termite colony - the cause and result of the termites' ceaseless, automatic activity for their community. His extraordinary theory is that the termite colony is, in fact, a separate composite animal at a certain stage of its development.
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