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Exactly. The concept didn't come from wolves alone. We also call it a pecking order based on chickens. The concept of a dominance hierarchy is widely establish
by crazygringo 2y ago
Exactly. The concept didn't come from wolves alone. We also call it a pecking order based on chickens.
The concept of a dominance hierarchy is widely established:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominance_hierarchy?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominance_hierarchy?wprov=sfti...
And the gorillas and chimpanzees studied are not in captivity.
Obviously not every species exhibits this, and the ones that do don't exhibit it all the time. But the article acts like the concept has been discredited when that is not the case at all.
- error_logic 2y agoThe discrediting is of the inevitability of its all-encompassing effects. It can be present without needing to be defended or prevent the Alpha from caring for its young.
- cbsmith 2y agoAs well established as dominance hierarchies are, they aren't the only social structure, and just as this article explains, it's rather ironic that in the case for wolves, that isn't the prevailing social structure in their natural setting. That wolves have become the prevailing reference point for the concept, is metaphorical on a lot of levels.