NY Times, today, January 25, 2011 -
A certain kind of amoeba, dictyostelium discoideum, can spread seeds, cultivate the fruit, and finally collect - and eat - the crop. The amoebae don't eat all of the food they grow; they save some for later. Within a group of amoebae (a family?), only about 1/3 of the amoebae can serve as farmers. I don't know whether there are boy amoebae and girl amoebae. Hunters and gatherers? The short blurb reports that this kind of amoebae can reproduce either sexually or asexually (so I guess there must be boys and girls).
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