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Nikolaos Smit1, Martha M Robbins2
1Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Department of Biology, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland.
Current biology : CB
|August 8, 2025
概括
雌性山地大猩猩挑战了传统的男性统治观点,大多数雌性超过了一些雄性,并比非阿尔法雄性获得了食优先权,这表明了复杂的性际力量动态.
科学领域:
- 灵长类的社会行为.
- 进化人类学的进化人类学.
- 动物行为 动物行为
背景情况:
- 传统假设认为大多数哺乳动物物种中男性占主导地位,这通常与性二态和竞争有关.
- 最近的研究表明,跨性别力量存在于连续性,而不是作为一种固定的物种特征.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究野生山地大猩猩的跨性别力量动态,这种物种经常被认为是男性主导的例子.
- 挑战具有显著性尺寸变态的物种中普遍存在的"男性力量原型".
主要方法:
- 对25年来野生山地大猩猩社会互动和层次结构的数据集的分析.
- 观察男性和女性之间的激烈相互作用和资源获取.
主要成果:
- 虽然阿尔法雄性是排名最高的,但88%的雌性在多雄性群体中超过至少一个成年雄性.
- 女性赢得了28%的攻击性遭遇对非阿尔法雄性,特别是年轻或年长的个体.
- 对于可断的资源,雌性比非阿尔法雄性获得了优先养,这表明来自非交配相关因素和潜在的阿尔法雄性支持的力量.
结论:
- 山地大猩猩的性交力量动态比"男性力量原型"所暗示的要复杂得多.
- 雌性大猩猩的赋权可能源于除了交配竞争之外的因素,包括资源控制和社会联盟.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索跨性别关系的进化起源,并挑战跨物种长期存在的假设.
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