"testosterone has been the focus of intensive research for decades. Whereas early studies pointed towards a role in physical aggression, recent evidence suggest

"testosterone has been the focus of intensive research for decades. Whereas early studies pointed towards a role in physical aggression, recent evidence suggests that this simple view needs to be refined. In particular, it appears that testosterone promotes status-seeking and social dominance motives, and thus plays an important role in male behaviour in relation to social status hierarchies. Most recently, several studies in humans have begun to test the causality of the link between social, emotional and economic interaction behaviour through acute testosterone administration. These studies have confirmed that an account of testosterone as a simple mediator of aggression is an over-simplification; instead, testosterone appears to have a more subtle and complex role in driving behaviour that tends to increase an individual’s motivation and ability to acquire and defend social status." If we now look at the article we see some relation to why just puberty play a larger role. It is time when social status hierarchies play a significant role for both boys and girls and you see the highest amount of movment. After early adulthood any movement in social status will steadily declines which coincides almost perfectly with the decline in testosterone So I ask what is the link between how men acquire/defend social status and aggression? How does the rewards look like? How does it differ from women social status hierarchies? What is the cause for that difference? If the intention is "curing the scourge of human violence", taking a look at how social status hierarchies function seems like our first stop.