EC: The Riddle

     Humans, although we sometimes forget, are just one species in a world of millions.  Our presence on this planet has been limited.  If a calendar started at the big bang, the last minute of the last hour of the last day of December would be when we first started to see the predecessors of humans.  Nature has outlasted for billions of years.  The knowledge that nature can show us is nearly unlimited. Nature can  show us our biological progression, but also show us our social progression and neural progression as well.  It can show us the differences in human interaction of the past, and how it has both changed and stayed the same.
   
    Millions of years ago humans were a nomadic type of species.  We roamed to where the food was plentiful and the terrain was suitable for the time being.  As we progressed we traveled less and less.  Different tribes would have sites for separate seasons.  Tribes would divide the work.  This was the precursor of what jobs are to us today.  There were hunters, gatherers, builders, babysitters.  We became a united force.  This was an advantage to humans for many different reasons.  It helped for diversity.  There were multiple bloodlines together to help stop from inbreeding.  It also allowed us to use more of the potential of our ever-growing brain.  Living in a tribe forced humans to be a part of social interactions, to remember the right thing to do in situations, to compete in the non-stop game of  chess that is human interaction.

      Very few species are eusocial, and as nature shows us they tend to be successful.  Ants and termites are two of the largest species population wise in the world.  Humans are the most intelligent.  Something with having a nest-like structure and dividing work among many workers seems to be quite effective.  I agree with Edward O. Wilson when he says, "It is dangerous to think of this planet as a way station to a better world, or continue to convert it into a literal, human-engineered spaceship".  Earth is not just ours to control, we must create a symbiotic relationship with both the flora and fauna of this planet.  We must look to nature not only for the survival of ours species, but all species.