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Dr Frans de Waal Unboxing | What Apes Teach Us About Gender & Human Behaviour

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The Male or the Female in Captivity?

In captivity in the chimpanzee females have a lot of influence on the process is among the males. In the wild, the chimpanzees disperse over the forest and the females have less to do. The alpha female being an alpha female is very different than being an alpha male because for females age is actually a positive factor. If they're older, they're more respected. And as a result, sometimes the smallest male can be the alpha male if he has good friends and female support.

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