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Primate dominance hierarchies are a bit of a myth. Many people have this old-fashioned concept that monkeys form social hierarchies based purely on violent dom
by hypertele-Xii 4y ago
Primate dominance hierarchies are a bit of a myth.
Many people have this old-fashioned concept that monkeys form social hierarchies based purely on violent domination. It's true that territorial primates are observed to wage war against their neighbors, but many also partake in time-sharing of resources (groups of monkeys taking turns visiting a fig tree, rather than fight over it), and within groups of primates it is actually altruism and caring that promotes an individual to the top, not brute strength.
Or that's what I've been hearing recently.
- soulofmischief 4y agoTo be honest, I can't take a post seriously which debunks one claim and replaces it with an equally dubious, uncited claim, that the poster has "been hearing recently."
- hypertele-Xii 4y agoI'd cite more but don't have the $4200 to read this paper. https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-19650-3_2536 https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-3...
- hansvm 4y ago$5k for me. Do they discriminate on estimated geography?
- wpietri 4y agoYou seem to be constructing a straw man. I didn't say and never would have said anything like "purely on violent domination".