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Observations of “alpha male” behavior among apes — including some of humans’ closest relatives in the animal kingdom — have helped shape the archetype of the dominant male into a controversial ...

The Endless Thread team looks at the history of the concept of the alpha male and talks with the author credited with popularizing the idea about whether it really has any application when talking ...

The concept of the alpha male isn't standing up to reality. A large majority of primate communities have shared dominance, meaning either sex can come out on top. And though the idea of male dominance ...

New research on Monday contradicted the commonly held idea that males dominate females among primates, revealing far more nuanced power dynamics in the relationships of our close relatives. "For a ...

Jwana Aziz receives funding by University of Birmingham QR Policy Support Funding and a donation from the Barker Family Trust. Anna Lavis has previously received funding for research into online harms ...

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The concept of the alpha male was first suggested in 1970 to explain the organization of wolves in a pack. But wildlife research biologist David Mech, who coined the term, never intended for "alpha ...

In 1970, a young biologist named David Mech published what could be the most consequential book on wolves ever written. At the time, "The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species" was ...