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Which means there are many questions we can potentially address re: human and nonhuman primate D traits. Tho we might have been egalitarian, most of the world is clearly hierarchical, and D traits are very relevant to living in a hierachical world. 9/9

In these scenarios, its important to note that D did *not* disappear. It is still with us; in personality science it is a major aspect of E, and it has a large, valid, unique network of associations with other meaningful constructs. 8/9

4. Primate dominance, and primate interactions generally, are dyadic. Competitive bouts, grooming, etc. Human language shifted intactions away from the dyad, and toward E as we know it, in the context of a social world with less physical aggression and more verbal discussion. 7/9

3. Narcissism, as a trait, has quite a bit in common with D. High D individuals are a lot like narcissists, but without the "entitlement/exploitativeness" facet. 6/9

2. Dominance is still there, just dispersed across personality factors. "Fearless" D is a particularly broad measure of D that contains nuances from each OCEAN factor. Norms against D-linked behaviors are one possible hypothesis for why this might be. 5/9

1. Egalitarianism. In theory, for a big chunk of time between when we separated from chimps/bonobos and the agricultural revolution, humans were mostly egalitarian. This could have selected against strong D traits. This hypothesis has been increasingly challenged tho. 4/9

@PNeuroscience @CambUP_Psych The paper includes lots of detail on what hierachical social structures are like and how they differ across species, plus what the D traits are, what they encompass, but I'll jump to the possible (non-mutually exclusive) explanations for what happened to D in humans. 3/9

@PNeuroscience @CambUP_Psych Dominance (D) is a top-level, big & broad trait in all the great apes... except humans, where it is an extraversion facet. Apes live with hierarchical social orgs, but almost all modern humans do too, so why doesn't D appear as prominent? 2/9

My new review paper out (open acess) in @PNeuroscience! @CambUP_Psych All about great ape trait dominance, what it is, why it appears less prominently in humans, and why it is still important to study. https://t.co/Pz2pgWkBl3 Thread (1/x):

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"If it pays to be a jerk, why isn’t everyone that way?" @EurekAlert A new paper published in @PeerJLife showed that male chimps with more brutish behavior were more successful than their more conscientious counterparts. 🧵 #ScienceTwitter https://t.co/Kl5wDMDVbg

Hot off the presses! New Gombe chimpanzee personality paper led by Alex Weiss @EdinburghUni and @FeldblumJoseph @PeerJLife https://t.co/qdoaIXp0UZ #AnimalBehavior #Anthropology #EvolutionaryStudies #Zoology

Our new paper on dominance and fitness across the lifecourse in male chimpanzees!

This week at 2pm @dremalt will be leading discussion on "chapter 10: Socialization of Bowles & Gintis "A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and its Evolution" Link to text available in the discord. All welcome.

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