There are males with greater status, but the typical associations of “alpha male” don’t really cover it. They’re simply males with higher-status mothers, and their relative status only really holds leverage among the other males; they’re still subordinate to the dominant coalition of females.
There are males with greater status, but the typical associations of “alpha male” don’t really cover it. They’re simply males with higher-status mothers, and their relative status only really holds leverage among the other males; they’re still subordinate to the dominant coalition of females.
(The basic progression I don’t take issue with.)