Comments on: New Primate Research https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/11/i-have-had-a-lot/ Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:19:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Pyre https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/11/i-have-had-a-lot/#comment-529424 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:19:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/11/i-have-had-a-lot/#comment-529424 … the football team’s quarterback lost the school’s popularity poll to a wimpy, unassuming fellow who was also quick-witted. The latter fellow was able to make friends through his sense of humour and charisma, and in turn achieved a kind of alpha status over the brutish quarterback….

Greg, do you ever post anything that isn’t about the Franken-Coleman election?

]]> By: Cal Harth https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/11/i-have-had-a-lot/#comment-529423 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:34:55 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/11/i-have-had-a-lot/#comment-529423 Lilian,
Matt Ridley’s book “Genome” has a good discussion of the genetics of alpha male tendencies. One gene on chromosome 11 is mostly responsible. Our DNA and that of chimps has a 98% overlap. They share that gene with us. Other, less-related primate species seem to share it too. Please don’t forget that human behaviour is animal behaviour.
Cal

]]> By: Lilian Nattel https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/11/i-have-had-a-lot/#comment-529422 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:44:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/11/i-have-had-a-lot/#comment-529422 There are limits to projecting animal behaviour onto human society, but, still…I always knew that nice guys rock.

]]> By: Stephanie Z https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/11/i-have-had-a-lot/#comment-529421 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:19:39 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/11/i-have-had-a-lot/#comment-529421 Accessible indeed. Cool. Thanks.

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