Champalbert and Lachaud concluded from their 1990 experiment with E. tuberculatum worker ants that the reintroduction of workers after having been isolated at emergence mimics an emergence and delays closure of the sensitive period for social contact with colony members. This provides additional support for the need for change in Lorenz's original definition of "critical period" in the area of
A) brevity.
B) consistency across individuals.
C) production of irreversible effect.
D) well-defined onset and termination.

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The experiment suggests that the sensitive period for social contact can be delayed, indicating that the onset and termination of the critical period are not as well-defined as Lorenz's original definition suggested.

Champalbert and Lachaud Concluded from Their 1990 Experiment with E