Research indicates that traditional views of male dominance in primate social structures are misleading. A comprehensive study examined data from 253 studies across 121 primate species, revealing that in only 17% of cases was strict male dominance observed. Conversely, 13% showed strict female dominance, while 70% exhibited shared or ambiguous dominance. This suggests that power dynamics are not fixed and can vary significantly across populations, challenging long-held beliefs influenced by human biases.
A new study has shown that in most populations and species, neither sex clearly dominates the other, challenging the long-standing myth of male dominance.
Only 17% of primate populations showed strict male dominance, while 13% exhibited strict female dominance, with 70% displaying shared or ambiguous dominance.
Collection
[
|
...
]