Talk:Alpha (biology)

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Can you please not delete my external link on becoming an alpha male. We spent a long time putting that together, in hopes of putting in on wikipedia as a reference. The material is 100% relevant and useful to the topic. Those who wish to further their knowlege on the human behavior of an alpha male, will benefit from reading it, and it contributes to the integrity of the subject. The link provides visitors with further information on what they have come to find. Readers have been grateful to have located the book on this site. I will appreciate it if you respect the hard work and time put into this, and leave the link where it belongs. Thank You.

Pleading for people not to remove blatant spam just isn't going to work. --GraemeL (talk) 21:26, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
I agree with Graemel. GeorgeTsiros 07:24, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

What monkeys? Why isn't there any info on the concept of alphas in human societies?

We need a section that clears up why so many people seem desperate to anthropomorphasize this concept from the animal world to human society.85.211.248.143 (talk) 09:12, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Alpha male article

If ever there is an article made about human alpha males, perhaps this article would be a good reference: http://www.securitypunk.com/articles/transmuting_beta_to_alpha.html (this link is dead)

I think this article is a little outdated or something. First of all, alpha males aren't usually determined by physical prowess, they are determined by attitude. It even says that in the Wolf wiki article. Secondly, as far as I've been raised, the term does not have a negative connotation when associated with humans. It is simply a social role classification. For example, Tom Cruise is considered by many to be an Alpha Male.

Who considers him that? Ive never heard that phrase related to him, and i would consider him myself nowhere near that..

My own feelings on the Alpha male, stems from the belief that those who recognise "what" they are and not who they think they are. Man is the only species which can think they are something they are not. If I believe I am woman then I shall become a women. If I except that I am a male I follow that course, it’s my role in life. I can not change to become a woman. If a cat thought it was a dog or a goldfish a shark then nature would simply die out of confusion. jamescolton@ntlworld.com

[edit] Human alpha females

I recall encountering a study a few years ago indicating the existence of human alpha females. I think it was in an anthropology class, but I cannot remember. The main thing I do remember from the study is that when alpha females lived in a group, the menstruation cycles of the other women in the group would align with the alpha female's. I think this would be a good addition to the paragraph on human alphas (which only mentions males), but I don't want to put it in without a reference, and I can no longer remember where I saw it. Has anybody else seen this research and know where I might find it?

[edit] Omegas

Something about Omegas and play roles would be good. Rich Farmbrough, 11:37 4 October 2007 (GMT).

I remember reading about groups of baboons, where some of the mid-ranking baboons, as they got older, would move to different tribes. By doing so, they dropped to the bottom of the social structure and were left alone. If they had stayed, they would have had to fight younger males.--RLent (talk) 20:38, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Type-A personality

The links to Type A personality and Jock (subculture) are entirely irrelevant and don't belong at the bottom of the article. The three aren't the same by a long shot. James Callahan 03:45, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] External links

might be "interesting" but this can't be the best of all possible references, suitable for citing first and alone Foogus (talk) 01:17, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Maybe there are better references, but until something better is found, surely this gives more information than nothing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.97.32.98 (talk) 23:05, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Apart from the jokes about Prime ministers and Bishops not having harems, it sounds reasonably intelligent to me. Perhaps Foogus could rewrite that article, and incorporate the best bit into the Wiki entry.85.211.248.143 (talk) 09:04, 16 April 2008 (UTC)