• Phegan@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Real alpha males don’t exist. The study on wolves having alphas have been proven wrong my most.othet subsequent studies.

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      6 months ago

      Well…

      Alpha wolves definitely don’t exists, but there is support for “alpha” behaviour in primates, particularly chimpanzees.

      “Alpha” is still a stupid and harmful idea, but it’s not without precedent.

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        6 months ago

        They also found in other chimpanzees that alphas don’t exist. I think we are both in agreement that it’s a stupid construct to apply to humans though.