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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (171047)9/21/2005 9:40:57 PM
From: neolib  Respond to of 281500
 

Usually, the tribally violent alpha male dominance hierarchy chimpoid tendencies are displaced and sublimated in competitive confrontational sports such as football, boxing, rugby, hockey, basketball.

Hunter gatherer competitive expeditions are expressed in golf, fishing, snooker, sailing, mountain climbing, surfing. A ball is like prey to be caught and possessed.


The alpha male approach to understanding social interactions is overrated IMO. Knowledge continues to expand. Look at this link regarding fairness in capuchin monkeys:

primates.com

You'll see more such in the years ahead, covering most issues in human behavior.

This is one of the reasons I fault the USA wrt to Israel/Arab relations.