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People who try to defend the theory of evolution in spite of all kinds
of impossibilities claim that pheromones are the result of natural selec-
tion (The preservation of beneficial changes occurring in living beings
and elimination of harmful ones). Yet, this is out of the question for any
insect species including ants. A most striking example on this point is
the honey bee. When a honey bee stings its enemy, it produces a
pheromone for notifying the other bees that there is danger. However,
it dies right after this. In this case, this means that this pheromone is pro-
duced only once. Then, it is impossible for such a "beneficial change" to
be transferred to the following generations and become propagated by
natural selection. This explanation indicates that it is impossible for the
chemical communications between insect species that have the caste
system to have evolved by the method of natural selection. This charac-
teristic of the insects, which rebuts the theory of natural selection com-
pletely, demonstrates once more that the One who establishes the com-
munications network among them is the One "who creates them for the
first time."

Call of the Ants
Ants have a level of self-sacrifice which is very advanced and, due to
this characteristic, they always invite their friends to each source of food
they find and they share their food with them.
In such situations, the ant that discovers the food source directs the
others to it. The following method is used for this: The first explorer ant
that finds the food source fills its crop and returns home. As it returns,
it drags its tummy on the ground at short intervals and leaves a chemi-
cal signal. Yet its invitation does not end there. It tours around the ant
hill for a short while. It does this between three to sixteen times. This
motion ensures contact with its nest mates. When the explorer wishes to
return to the food source, all its mates that it has met wish to follow it.
Yet only the friend which is in the closest antenna contact may accom-
pany it outside. When the scout reaches the food, it returns immediate-
ly to the hill and assumes the part of the host. The scout and its other
worker friend are joined to each other via continuous sense signals and
the pheromone hormone on the surfaces of their bodies.
Ants may reach their target by following the track that goes to the
food, even when there is no inviting ant. Because of the track that suc-

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