Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leaders can seem to emerge from the group naturally, based on their skill and expertise. Hiraman/E+ via Getty Images Born on the ...

When someone tells you where you stand in a pecking order, they are allocating you a place in a hierarchy. You may not be happy about it, but at least you know your place! Dominance hierarchies are ...

Members of a social species need to make appropriate decisions about who, how, and when to interact with others in their group. However, it has been difficult for researchers to detect the inputs to ...

“This is a very dominant dog” – Who hasn’t heard a similar phrase when talking to dog-people. Researchers at the Family Dog Project of Eötvös Loránd University designed a tool to investigate the ...

Social animals commonly establish dominance relationships by means of aggressive interaction, leading to hierarchical stability and priority of access to limited resources by high-ranked individuals.

Ongoing discussions about whether or not nonhuman animals (animals) form and maintain dominance hierarchies are very useful for learning more about this widespread and well-documented phenomenon.