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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. | ||
Dominance hierarchies are regulated by various inherited behaviors and abilities, for example the ability to remember and recognize one's own and other's ranks quickly and reliably, but they also include emotions | Dominance hierarchies are regulated by various inherited behaviors and abilities, for example the ability to remember and recognize one's own and other's ranks quickly and reliably, but they also include emotions status drive (envy, admiration), as well as signals of high rank (confidence) and signals of acceptance of lower rank (withdrawal, submission, bowing, blushing, smiling, depression and anxiety). | ||
Humans who pretend to have higher rank than they deserve are [[bullying|put into their place]]. | |||
The event of someone's status being challenged arouses high interest and excitement from everyone in the dominance hierarchy. This is in part why watching sports is exciting. | |||
In many species, the alpha animals have some interest in maintaining alliances with lower ranking ones to avoid a [[Beta uprising|beta/omega uprising]]. | In many species, the alpha animals have some interest in maintaining alliances with lower ranking ones to avoid a [[Beta uprising|beta/omega uprising]]. | ||