Interdependence II

I definitely have to agree with the post on Interdependence. We see how groups must become interdependent as they grow larger, regardless whether we are talking about apes or humans. The groups became larger for self-defense and for reproduction purposes, as having more females to help with the young helped the group overall. We became more interdependent as specialization increased.
i would say that it is an economic term as well as a biology term. you could say ants in an anthill are interdependent on each other, each being specialized for some function. Some are soldiers, some are foragers, some take care of the queen and some repair the nest. Human society has evolved to be a similar interdependent society, although we are many times more complex. In fact, it is likely that globalization will increase the rate at which we are interdependent on one another. Every global region is starting to become more "oriented" towards a particular economic outlet. For example, India in IT tech, China in manufacturing, south america in food production, etc. Specialization is no longer happening only on a personal or regional (intercity) scale, but now on a global scale. Although, some politicians say that this model does "put all the eggs in one basket", and are trying to create more mixed economies in their countries.