You seem to have completely missed the point? The alpha, or “strongest, wisest, winner of battles wolf” may exist, but it doesn’t define the pecking order — at

You seem to have completely missed the point? The alpha, or “strongest, wisest, winner of battles wolf” may exist, but it doesn’t define the pecking order — at least in wild populations. Like human three-generation households, the patriarch/matriarch are the grandparents, irrespective of whether they can hold their ground in mortal combat. Though I agree, the notion and usefulness of “alpha” remains unchanged for non-family oriented groupings, of both wolf and man.