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Nikos Smit
@nikos.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy
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at utu; social behaviour/ life history; some bg in discr. maths ∧ theor. comp. science 🌉 bridged from https://ecoevo.social/@nikos on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
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Dieter Lukas @dieterlukas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 5d
"Sexual selection and parental care shape lifespan differences" across mammals and birds

https://www.mpg.de/25470066/0926-evan-why-women-live-longer-than-men-150495-x?c=2249
Why women live longer than men
Study traces the evolutionary roots of the lifespan gap between women and men
www.mpg.de
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Nikos Smit @nikos.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 22d
Who’s got the power? Studies of male and female primates show it’s not simple

https://theconversation.com/whos-got-the-power-studies-of-male-and-female-primates-show-its-not-simple-263292
Who’s got the power? Studies of male and female primates show it’s not simple
Most primate societies do not have clear-cut sex-biases when it comes to power.
theconversation.com
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Dieter Lukas @dieterlukas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 26d
The majority of animals do show various forms of hierarchy - but is the concept of ‚alpha‘ relevant or even real?

https://www.livescience.com/animals/are-alpha-males-real
Are alpha males real?
The term "alpha male" was coined in 1970 to describe wolves. But what does science think about the term now?
www.livescience.com
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Nikos Smit @nikos.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 19
A dispatch for our article on gorilla intersexual power:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098222500867X?via%3Dihub
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MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · Aug 8
It's not all about size. New research on female #gorillas challenges the male power narrative. Study by @nikos.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy & Martha Robbins now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social. #primates @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social @utu.fi More: tinyurl.com/y778faw2 & www.cell.com/current-biol...
It's not all about size
Female gorillas challenge the male power narrative
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Nikos Smit @nikos.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 7
Female mountain gorillas can outrank males twice their size...

...and exhibit priority of access to resources over these males

Article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982225008723

Press release:
https://www.mpg.de/25119311/0730-evan-it-s-not-just-about-size-150495-x
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Nikos Smit @nikos.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 7
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According to the definition we used in this comparative study, mountain gorillas are not strictly male-dominant (but it depends on group composition..):
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00872-3
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Dieter Lukas @dieterlukas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · Jul 8
Our #study finds that #male #dominance isn't the norm among #primates, and starts to unravel what shapes flexibility in intersexual power

paper (OA) https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2500405122

press release https://www.mpg.de/24986976/0630-evan-beyond-the-alpha-male-150495-x?c=2249
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