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This. Dominance hierarchies exist, but aren’t alpha, beta whatever. We aren't wolves, we’re more like bonobos.
by gunfighthacksaw 5y ago
This. Dominance hierarchies exist, but aren’t alpha, beta whatever. We aren't wolves, we’re more like bonobos.
- glogla 5y agoNot even wolves are this way. In their family lives, wolves have lifelong monogamous relationships. In their pack lives, wolves have kind of "situational leadership" where they know that wolf X is the best tracker and wolf Y is the best hunter so they follow wolf X to find prey and wolf Y takes lead to hunt it. Other than that, they are pre-democratic - if most of pack wants to do something, the rest follows.