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Processions in Palaeozoic seas

What do ants, processionary caterpillars, birds, apes and football supporters have in common? They all exemplify the huge variety of present-day collective and social behaviours. One of the questions puzzling scientists is whether collective behaviour appeared very early in the evolution of animals or more... click to read more

Jean Vannier | CNRS-Researcher at Laboratoire de géologie de Lyon: Terre, Planètes, Environnement, Université de Lyon, CNRS, France

Muriel Vidal | Lecturer at Université de Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS, France

Robin Marchant | Curator at Université de Lausanne, Musée Cantonal de Géologie, Lausanne, Switzerland

Trilobites

collective behaviour

Paleozoic

Ordovician

Morocco

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Aug 20, 2020