What does "eusociality" mean?

The evolution of social behavior at its most intimate and complex degree, usually in which the animals live in colonies, and only a relatively small fraction of the animals reproduce.

Eusociality

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The evolution of social behavior at its most intimate and complex degree, usually in which the animals live in colonies, and only a relatively small fraction of the animals reproduce. uncountable

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"Females created the universe. Males are just the worker caste of the simplest form of eusociality."

Etymology

From eusocial + -ity.

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sexual selection

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