Why Do Eusocial Species Tend Towards Greater Longevity?

Long-lived naked mole-rats are eusocial: like ants and bees, they live in colonies led by a queen that is the only female that reproduces. Naked mole-rats are extremely long-lived in comparison to other similarly sized mammals, and this tendency towards greater longevity shows up in many other eusocial species. It crosses evolutionary clades and ecological...

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