What guy doesn't want to be an alpha male? According to BusinessInsider which has seen many come and go, they get all the women, power and money. But a recent Princeton University study shows that there's a big price to pay. The study, released in the journal Science, evaluated 125 baboons over a decade and found that those at the top of the chain had the highest levels of the stress hormones glucocorticoid and testosterone.
Alpha males had the burden of fending off other animals, fighting for and guarding female mates, and providing for the rest of the group. Interestingly, the alpha males had the same stress levels as the lowest-ranking members of the pack, reports the New York Times.
The beta male (or No. 2-ranking primate), on the other hand, didn't have to work as hard, but still had the opportunity to mate….
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/alpha-beta-male-stress-study-2011-7#ixzz1SDVwvbsY
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