Puzzle 75: Honeybee Ancestors
Honeybees have a very interesting genealogy. While female honeybees come from a fertilized egg, male honeybees come from an unfertilized egg. That is, female honeybees have a mother and a father, while male honeybees have only a mother. Look at the family tree of a male honeybee, how many ancestors are there in the previous generation? The one before that? And the one before? And before? Do you see a pattern emerging? What is the pattern? Explain and show how you know.
Extension: What is the history of the discovery? Who discovered it and how he did it? Name a few other examples in nature and show that it is in fact matching the pattern.
Extension: What is the history of the discovery? Who discovered it and how he did it? Name a few other examples in nature and show that it is in fact matching the pattern.