Q: What is the key difference between beta and alpha males? A: While betas spend their entire lives analyzing attractive women and their evolutionary tendencies (not creepy at all), alphas be humping the brains out of the very same women.
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David Buss, PhD, is a founding figure in the field of evolutionary psychology, and a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. His primary research focuses are on human mating strategies, conflict between the sexes, and the psychology of prestige, status, and reputation. He is the author of several books, among them "The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating", and "When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault". www.davidbuss.com
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Q: What is the key difference between beta and alpha males? A: While betas spend their entire lives analyzing attractive women and their evolutionary tendencies (not creepy at all), alphas be humping the brains out of the very same women.
Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
David M. Buss, The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind Is Designed to Kill
David M. Buss, When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault
David M. Buss, The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy Is as Necessary as Love and Sex
David M. Buss, The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating
Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
Steven Pinker, The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
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