11. Basic social units _ families _ consist of adult females and their offspring of both genders. 12. The basic social unit was the semi-autonomous " ulus " or band. 13. Rhesus females control the ability of strange males to gain entry into their tightly guarded social unit . 14. The principal Swazi social unit is the homestead, a traditional beehive hut thatched with dry grass. 15. Their clan groupings are important social units , wherein membership plays a central part in Somali culture. 16. The " puki " or camp is the basic social unit of the Kanjar society. 17. The basic social unit was the village : a few hundred people related by a clan kinship structure. 18. A superorganism is an organism consisting of many individuals working together as a single functional or social unit . 19. Each of these, along with countless other details, distinguish this family as a unique social unit . 20. The link that begins to appear between human beings, education and social units is not entirely coincidental.