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This enables cooperation by reducing chances of aggression which may explain why such behaviors have evolved in many animals.
This enables cooperation by reducing chances of aggression which may explain why such behaviors have evolved in many animals.


The highest ranking animal is called ''alpha'', the next highest ''beta'' and so on. In many species, the alpha animals have some interest in maintaining alliances with lower ranking ones to avoid a [[Beta uprising|beta/omega uprising]]. See also [[Alpha, Beta, Omega|Alpha, Beta, Omega]]}}.
The highest ranking animal is called ''alpha'', the next highest ''beta'' and so on. In many species, the alpha animals have some interest in maintaining alliances with lower ranking ones to avoid a [[Beta uprising|beta/omega uprising]]. See also [[Alpha, Beta, Omega|Alpha, Beta, Omega]].


Dominance hierarchies are regulated by various inherited behaviors and abilities, e.g. the ability to remember and recognize one's own and other's ranks quickly and reliably, but they also include emotions and signals like envy, admiration, status drive, as well as signals of acceptance of lower status (withdrawal, blushing etc.). The event of someone's status being challenged typically arouses high interest and excitement from everyone in the dominance hierarchy.
Dominance hierarchies are regulated by various inherited behaviors and abilities, e.g. the ability to remember and recognize one's own and other's ranks quickly and reliably, but they also include emotions and signals like envy, admiration, status drive, as well as signals of acceptance of lower status (withdrawal, blushing etc.). The event of someone's status being challenged typically arouses high interest and excitement from everyone in the dominance hierarchy.
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