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The Secret Life of Ants
Eight/KAET takes viewers inside the labs and classrooms at Arizona State University to explore the latest research and innovations — and to introduce viewers to the people who are making it happen.

Bert Hoelldobler — Foundation Professor, School of Life Sciences.
A world renowned sociobiologist, Hoelldobler and his colleagues are studying the social interactions of ants and how these ubiquitous insects communicate with one another. He believes that lessons for the long-term survival of humans may lie buried deep within the social structure of ant colonies. Hoelldobler won a Pultizer Prize in 1990 with co-author E.O. Wilson for their book, "The Ants." Hoelldobler is also an authority on the evolution of insect social organizations and the mechanisms that allow insect societies to function.
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Would it be considered extreme anthropomorphism to apply the social behaviors of ants to the human condition?