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#545 - Chris Von Rueden - How Did Human Leadership Evolve?

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Do Dominance Related Traits Contribute to Leadership in Other Animals?

In other animals, sometimes leadership is tied to the dominance hierarchy. So you see that in other primates that dominant individuals will sometimes break up fights. And then still looking in humans, yeah, to the extent we have these preferences for individuals that have traits conducive to dominance as leaders. But there's lots of leaders in other animals that are not high in the dominance hierarchies.

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