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Comment
. 2021 Jun 1;118(22):e2103870118.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2103870118.

Dominance is necessary to explain human status hierarchies

Joey T Cheng  1 , Jessica L Tracy  2 , Joseph Henrich  3
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Dominance is necessary to explain human status hierarchies

Joey T Cheng et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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The authors declare no competing interest.

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  • Psychological foundations of human status allocation.
    Durkee PK, Lukaszewski AW, Buss DM. Durkee PK, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Sep 1;117(35):21235-21241. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2006148117. Epub 2020 Aug 18. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020. PMID: 32817486 Free PMC article.

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