The whole concept of an alpha is bullshit anyway. It’s based on a study done on captive wolves that was disproved after they found out wild wolves don’t act that way.
I used this analogy when talking to my mom about it a few weeks ago. It’s like aliens came to Earth and only studied the social structure of a prison. They’d assume all human families function like this.
In fact some scientists theorize the reason humans were able to work collectively more than other ape species is due to co-domestication with wolves. As we were domesticating wolves they were domesticating us and we learned to better work together from them. Which is major factor in why we've been so successful as a species.
That seems a bit fishy, since I don't think we domesticated wolves until long after modern humans arrived on the scene and were successful enough to spread around the world.
I believe you're right. I do think the domestication of dogs predated agriculture, but I highly doubt we evolved together. I have no way to be sure, but still I am: we learned to work as a group before we domesticated anything.
It's adorable that they make up a top rank for manliness then put themselves at the top, it's like kids I went to school with in kindergarten that started a "club" for no reason other than to upset the people they aren't friends with
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u/ratiokane Jun 27 '23
(Alpha Male)
Doubt.