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<ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10818-012-9140-6</ref> | <ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10818-012-9140-6</ref> | ||
<ref>https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2007-04852-038</ref><ref>https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=pMwk3haZhioC&oi=fnd&pg=PA375&dq=%22alpha+male%22+human&ots=SrKjMFBExF&sig=6tZfzkttgDXS6ccZa_7_bRnrAKM#v=onepage&q=%22alpha%20male%22%20&f=false</ref><ref>http://www.successfulexecutive.com.au/files/r0405c-pdf-eng.pdf</ref><ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1097184X07313357</ref><ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886907000955</ref> | <ref>https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2007-04852-038</ref><ref>https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=pMwk3haZhioC&oi=fnd&pg=PA375&dq=%22alpha+male%22+human&ots=SrKjMFBExF&sig=6tZfzkttgDXS6ccZa_7_bRnrAKM#v=onepage&q=%22alpha%20male%22%20&f=false</ref><ref>http://www.successfulexecutive.com.au/files/r0405c-pdf-eng.pdf</ref><ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1097184X07313357</ref><ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886907000955</ref> | ||
Sometimes academics will shy from the word, "alpha", but claim human political rulers are the basically the same as the, "alphas", in less intelligent primates.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Denise_Cummins/publication/228380735_Dominance_status_and_social_hierarchies/links/0c9605272d5c4810c5000000/Dominance-status-and-social-hierarchies.pdf</ref> | Sometimes academics will shy from the word, "alpha", but claim human political rulers are the basically the same as the, "alphas", in less intelligent primates.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Denise_Cummins/publication/228380735_Dominance_status_and_social_hierarchies/links/0c9605272d5c4810c5000000/Dominance-status-and-social-hierarchies.pdf</ref> Another study took the idea of "alpha females" quite seriously, even measuring hormone levels to determine "alphaness"<ref>https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/697086v1.abstract</ref>. | ||
[[Alpha]] males are typically very good looking and/or very wealthy, have wide shoulders and are often tall. Alpha males may also tend to have very dominating personalities. | [[Alpha]] males are typically very good looking and/or very wealthy, have wide shoulders and are often tall. Alpha males may also tend to have very dominating personalities. | ||