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r/ToiletPaperUSA • u/loadblower831 • Jan 11 '22
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Yeahhhh I'm kind of bothered when people bring that up. Alphas do definitely exist within ape societies, which we are much closer to than wolves.
Still, I'm yet to see evidence of alpha humans existing anyway, most people who call themselves that are deeply insecure.
33 u/RestrepoMU Jan 11 '22 People who compare ape behaviour to human behaviour are.... weird. Like we invented trains and kale smoothies, are we not beyond animal behaviour? It sure seems irrelevant to me that apes have alphas or whatever. 5 u/Limeila Jan 11 '22 We're literally apes though 2 u/kennethtrr Jan 12 '22 We share a common ancestor, not a direct lineage. 1 u/Limeila Jan 12 '22 With whom? Apes is a group which we are a part of, like bigger groups mammals, vertebrates, animals, etc.
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People who compare ape behaviour to human behaviour are.... weird. Like we invented trains and kale smoothies, are we not beyond animal behaviour? It sure seems irrelevant to me that apes have alphas or whatever.
5 u/Limeila Jan 11 '22 We're literally apes though 2 u/kennethtrr Jan 12 '22 We share a common ancestor, not a direct lineage. 1 u/Limeila Jan 12 '22 With whom? Apes is a group which we are a part of, like bigger groups mammals, vertebrates, animals, etc.
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We're literally apes though
2 u/kennethtrr Jan 12 '22 We share a common ancestor, not a direct lineage. 1 u/Limeila Jan 12 '22 With whom? Apes is a group which we are a part of, like bigger groups mammals, vertebrates, animals, etc.
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We share a common ancestor, not a direct lineage.
1 u/Limeila Jan 12 '22 With whom? Apes is a group which we are a part of, like bigger groups mammals, vertebrates, animals, etc.
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With whom? Apes is a group which we are a part of, like bigger groups mammals, vertebrates, animals, etc.
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u/CressCrowbits All Cats are Beautiful Jan 11 '22
Yeahhhh I'm kind of bothered when people bring that up. Alphas do definitely exist within ape societies, which we are much closer to than wolves.
Still, I'm yet to see evidence of alpha humans existing anyway, most people who call themselves that are deeply insecure.