124: The Alpha Male Myth

Some men label themselves alphas - citing an old study on wolves, but surprisingly the results might not be as applicable to humans (or even wolves) as you might have thought…You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon!http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Facebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPod References & Further ReadingWolf Packshttps://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/wolf-pack-mentality.htmhttps://www.wolf.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/267alphastatus_english.pdfhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21963347https://wolf.org/wolf-info/basic-wolf-info/wolf-faqs/#toggle-id-21https://www.jstor.org/stable/3881436Animal Social Behaviour & Hierarchies https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20180925-with-females-in-charge-bonobo-society-is-more-chilled-outhttp://amydprice.com/hypertext_narrative/primates_research.pdfhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bonobo-sex-and-society-2006-06/https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/bonobohttps://www.britannica.com/video/193398/bonobos-humanshttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/07/3/l_073_03.htmlhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newscientist.com/article/2180434-the-7-non-human-mammals-where-females-rule-the-roost/amp/Human Alpha Studieshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30978215/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0165025407084054Alpha Male Pseudosciencehttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2021/01/26/the-pseudoscience-behind-the-sigma-male-explained/amp/https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/alpha-male-alpha-chimpanzee-primatologist-frans-de-waal-a8421291.html%3Famphttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/no-such-thing-alpha-male-2016-10%3Famphttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YTyQgwVvYychttp://davemech.org/wolf-news-and-information/schenkels-classic-wolf-behavior-study-available-in-english/http://davemech.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ExpressionstudiesP.1-10.pdfhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tNtFgdwTsbUhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BPsSKKL8N0sFollow the SCI GUYS@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth