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Originally posted by jsc
Beta male or beta female are also common terms in primatology and with ecologists.
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and alpha male or female appears in sociology does it not?
 
Yes, also to wolves... funny as the story i originally started this thread about was first called wolf dreams... *Twilight Zone* coincy-dink? I fink not....
 
Anthropologists aren't the only scavengers around. Presume so but with the same cautions that primatologists use the terms. Usualy not to refer to hierarchial ranking but some time of appearance or siting order as rank in primates has a lot to do with time, situation and preference. We usually call them high ranking, medium ranking or low ranking (or status) with in a all male group or all female group or mixed group as rank can change markedly and rapidly depending on the situation.
 
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