I think you can call ant societies civilizations, but the same time you can call a multi cellular organism a civilization, too. Usually, those also come from th

I think you can call ant societies civilizations, but the same time you can call a multi cellular organism a civilization, too. Usually, those also come from the same genetic seed similar to (most) ant colonies. But more importantly, you have various types of cooperation and specialization in multi cellular life. Airways are "ventillation", chitin using or keratinated tissues are "architecture", and there is even "animal husbandry" in the form of bacterial colonies living in organs.