Téma: Analógie s primátmi, sexual selection, biológia v. role, skupinový konflikt
Téza: Alfa-samec ako mierotvorca
Antitéza: Alfa-samec ako udržiavateľ statu quo, absencia potvrdenia v medziskupinovom konflikte
- Frans de Waal: Different, (téza)
- Christophe Boesch, C. Crockford, I. Herbiinger, R. Wittig, Y. Moebius, E. Normand: Intergroup Conflicts Among Chimpanzees in Ta ̈ı National Park: Lethal Violence and the Female Perspective in American Journal of Primatology 70:519–532 (2008) (hlavný záver zo summary: Intercommunity aggression in chimpanzees and primitive warfare in humans possess striking similarities, such as the common occurrence of large male coalitions, systematic control of territory boundaries, and lethal attacks on isolated individuals from neighboring groups. However, an important apparent contrast is the absence of recurrent peaceful interactions between neighboring groups of chimpanzees.)
- Alba Letícia Perez Ruiz: Evolución del conflicto social y de su resolución en primates no humanos
- Túlio Costa Lousa et col: Disputes over Feeding Resources Provoke Agonistic Interactions Between Capuchins and Humans in Brasília National Park, Brazil (Anthrozoös) https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2024.2412407
- Natalie J. Freeman, Christopher Young, Louise Barrett, S. Peter Henzi Coalition Formation by Male Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) in South Africa (ethology: international journal of behavioral biology 122 (2016) 45–52 Blackwell Verlag GmbH)
- Katherine Jack, Linda Fenigan:Why Be Alpha Male? Dominance and Reproductive Success in Wild White-Faced Capuchins (Cebuscapucinus) In: New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates: Distribution, Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation, edited by Alejandro Estrada, Paul A. Garber, Mary S. M. Pavelka, and LeAndra Luecke. Springer, New York, 2005.