Status and Signalling - How Do They Connect?

status is tied very concretely to the biology of signalling, specifically honest signals. Status matters because on it there are scarce resources, food, sex,. Right? And in mammals, especially, especially hominads, status is esentially how you compete for resources. We are evolved as apes to associate higher status with higher reproductive capabilities and access to resources. So status does matter on a biological level, It deftly matters on a biologicallevel, right? U.S. President Barack Obama has been accused of being an 'idiot' by his own daughter who says he doesn't know what she's talking about. The White House denies any connection between social status and political power.