The Emergence Machine

Ant

physical · Biology · Level 7 · E6

E6Organisms

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

An ant is a small social insect that lives in highly organized colonies, which requires a living being that can interact with and respond to its environment, a community that exhibits cooperation and a division of labor, and a category of small social insects that live in colonies.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “ant” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “ant”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0AntCommunity EcoInsectAnimalOrganismCellFormLifeStructureChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesBeetleL8AntL7CollectionL1OrganismL4Community EcoL6InsectL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • ant English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Collection L1 (requires)
    Small social insect living in colonies
  • Organism L4 (requires)
    All animals are living organisms
  • Community Eco L6 (requires) Biology sense
    Ants form complex communities with division of labor and cooperation
  • Insect L6 (requires)
    An ant is a small social insect that lives in highly organized colonies

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