Dominant individuals have priority access to mates and resources. However, high rank can be costly too, especially when it is maintained by intense agonistic behavior. Oxidative stress has been ...

The study conducted in male mice found that bigger social tumbles are more stressful. Imaging of the mouse brain with key gene highlighted by blue stain. The University of Texas at Austin. Social ...

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, Vol. 8, No. 6, Status: What It Is and Why It Matters for Inequality (NOVEMBER 2022), pp. 28-49 (23 pages) Although social status has ...

Social hierarchies are everywhere—think of high school dramas, where the athletes are portrayed as the most popular, or large companies, where the CEO makes the important decisions. Such hierarchies ...

India’s decision to conduct a full caste census in 2027 marks a profound turning point in how the nation confronts its most enduring social hierarchy.

Few leadership positions in the U.S. government come with as many challenges as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, the massive retirement benefits agency that has run into massive ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The Sigma Kappa sorority house (left) and the John Nakamura House (one of Ann Arbor sixteen ...

The Maya people of Guatemala are among the shortest people in the world. Men on average hover a few inches above 5 feet and women a few inches below. But if they move to the United States as children, ...

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