We Are Just Like Ants Thomas Summary

Lewis Thomas talks about how we are just like ants. He uses the first paragraph to talk about a medical science convention, while talking about the convention he describes the people there like ants he says “the darting back and forth of jerky individuals to touch antennas and exchange small bits of information”. He also says from a suitable height they were collections of social insects. Throughout the whole passage Lewis Thomas makes its clear he thinks we are like ants. Although Lewis Thomas talks a little about how we are definitely not like ants, briefly when saying “ they do everything we do but watch television”. I think there are many very important ways we are not like ants, But more like polar bears. We dig our maternity