Image from a quicklink (Image by Unknown Owner) Details DMCA | A new study found that in wild baboon populations, the highest-ranking males have higher stress-hormone levels than the highly ranked males below them, known as beta males -- even during periods of stability. The findings have implications in the study of social hierarchies and of the impact of social dominance on health and well-being, a subject of interest among researchers who study human and other animal populations, and (I'd submit) those of us who watch political theater. |