A Biosocial Model of Status in Face-to-Face Primate Groups

It is argued that status ranks are allocated among members of a group through face-to-face interaction and that the allocation process is similar across each primate species, including humans.

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Journal Article A Biosocial Model of Status in Face-to-Face Primate Groups Get access Allan Mazur Allan Mazur Syracuse University Address correspondence to the author, Department of Sociology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13210. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 64, Issue 2, December 1985, Pages 377–402, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/64.2.377 Published: 01 December 1985