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February 19, 2024 70 mins

Who’s the peck-er and who’s the peck-ee? Get ready for biting and scratching as The Two Humans take on pecking orders and alpha males.

Episode 36: Alpha Schmalpha! You’re Not My Real Daddy!

An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans

Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human.

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2021 The Man Who Helped Popularize the Term ‘Alpha Male’ Says You Are Using It All Wrong.” Medium, October 4, 2021, medium.com/inside-of-elle-beau/the-man-who-helped-popularize-the-term-alpha-male-says-you-are-using-it-all-wrong-131c97d83929.

Beres, Derek

2023 What Is a Man? Even Darwin Rejected the Myth of the ‘Alpha Male.’ Salon, July 11, 2023, www.salon.com/2023/07/11/what-is-a-man-even-darwin-rejected-the-myth-of-the-alpha-male/.

Burnett, Dean

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De Waal, Frans

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Harvey, Karen

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Letzer, Rafi

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