The first evidence pointing to the unique daily problems faced by alpha male baboons arrived in 2011, when Gesquiere and ...

For example, a man might be a Beta in his personal relationships, a Sigma in his professional life, and an Alpha when leading a team. The six male archetypes—Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma ...

Just like an alpha male, I am success-driven and have an ego to boot. As such, I have better chance of a blissful relationship with a submissive beta male who will let me call all the shots.

A few things come to mind when we imagine the alpha male type. They're the ones calling the shots, who get all the girls. But ...

"The leader is called the alpha male. Then there may be several rank levels, beta, gamma and so on. But this is not a concept that works for wolves in the wild," she says.