Comment by bambax
Yeah, well, in that case ants are civilized (they probably are).
Yeah, well, in that case ants are civilized (they probably are).
Ants in a colony are so closely related that the colony can be thought of a one individual.
From this perspective ant helping each other is similar to cells in a body working together.
There was an episode of Cosmos[0], where Neil DeGrasse Tyson makes the case that there are two principal intelligences on Earth: Men and bees.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubE9hjrsHmI