Frans de Waal: The surprising science of alpha males
Frans de Val (Frans de Waal): Iznenađujuća nauka o alfa mužjacima
Frans de Waal studies primate social behavior -- how they fight and reconcile, share and cooperate. Full bio
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many alpha males in my life,
alfa mužjake u mom životu,
about what an alpha male is,
šta je to alfa mužjak
a lot from our close relatives
mnogo da naučimo od naših bliskih rođaka
Amos, a male that I knew
mužjaka kojeg sam poznavao,
and he was alpha male,
i bio je alfa mužjak,
you know, chimpanzee males
jer, znate, mužjaci šimpanzi
if you are weak
da spaze ako ste slabi,
and then he got sicker and sicker
te je postajao sve bolesniji
da ga izolujemo.
so that the rest of the chimps
kako bi mu ostale šimpanze
to sleep in and build nests out of,
za spavanje i izradu gnezda,
the wood wool behind his back.
drvenu vunu iza leđa.
to patients in a hospital,
kod pacijenata u bolnicama,
that stuff behind his back.
to go for an alpha male.
da se ophodi prema alfa mužjaku.
and everyone was taking care of him,
i svi su ga pazili,
when they lose their position.
nakon gubitka pozicije.
of a male who was liked as a leader,
mužjaka koga su voleli kao vođu,
if you look it up on the internet,
ako ga potražite na internetu,
that tell you how to be an alpha male,
govore kako da budete alfa mužjak,
is how to beat up others
kako da potučete druge
and let them know that you are boss
i date im do znanja da ste vi šef
for them is a bully.
alfa mužjak je nasilnik.
that kind of description,
for the term "alpha male"
za termin „alfa mužjak“
"Chimpanzee Politics,"
„Politika šimpanzi“,
to freshmen congressmen.
preporučio Njut Gingrič.
but he recommended that book to them,
ali on im je tu knjigu preporučio,
"alpha male" became very popular.
„alfa mužjak“ postao veoma popularan.
in a mischaracterization.
kao pogrešna karakterizacija.
to what a real alpha male is.
šta je istinski alfa mužjak.
actually much further.
research on wolves,
iz istraživanja o vukovima,
je veoma prosta.
is very simple.
is the alpha male.
je alfa mužjak.
is the alpha female.
je alfa ženka.
has one alpha male, one alpha female,
alfa mužjaka, jednu alfa ženku,
who are the same size,
koji su iste veličine,
dlaka mu je nakostrešena,
has his hair up,
and he's the alpha male.
i on je alfa mužjak.
and bowing for him,
to go through many times a day
moraju da prođu mnogo puta na dan
is a female pant-grunting to an alpha male
kako dahćući rokće na alfa mužjaka
this particular video.
tokom baš ovog snimka.
and standing on two legs,
in high-ranking males,
kod visoko rangiranih mužjaka,
because humans do this kind of stuff.
jer i ljudi rade nešto slično.
about this particular picture
baš kod ove slike
who are over the hill,
koji su u odmaklom dobu,
themselves anymore,
da budu alfa mužjaci,
and forming coalitions,
i da formiraju koalicije,
than the alpha male himself.
od samog alfa mužjaka.
that I used to work with most
sam nekad davno najviše radio
gde sam radio,
is a 17-year-old alpha male.
je 17-godišnji alfa mužjak.
on the side is twice as old,
je dvostruko stariji,
has an enormous amount of power,
kako taj stari mužjak ima ogromnu moć
the alpha male alpha male.
proizveo u alfa mužjaka.
has no trouble with either one.
nema problema ni sa jednim od druga dva.
with the combination of the two.
sa kombinacijom druga dva.
that goes on in chimpanzee society
koje se dešava u društvu šimpanzi,
nego što mislite.
can be the alpha male.
može da bude alfa mužjak.
the biggest and strongest male.
najveći i najsnažniji mužjak.
the right friends and keeps them happy,
prave prijatelje i održava ih srećnim,
makes everything complex,
sve je složenije,
the end of the primaries,
where you need to demonstrate unity.
u kome morate da pokažete jedinstvo.
how the unity is shown in chimpanzees.
kako jedinstvo pokazuju šimpanze.
canine teeth that they have.
demonstrate to the rest of the group,
i pokazuju ostatku grupe:
are walking together in synchrony.
hodaju jedan do drugog.
that you are together.
pokazivanja zajedništva.
is extremely important
je izuzetno važno
always I'm waiting for that moment
uvek čekam taj trenutak
two members of the same party
together at some moment.
moraju da prigrle jedno drugo
need to embrace each other
for the unity of the party,
za jedinstvo partije
the party may fall apart.
partija može da se raspadne.
like in this particular case --
kao u ovom naročitom slučaju -
of the coalition system,
sistema koalicija
between humans and chimpanzees.
ljudima i šimpanzama.
impressive and intimidating
impresivni i zastrašujući
of ways of doing that.
morate da budete darežljivi.
is you need to be generous.
males who go on a campaign
mužjaci koji vode kampanju
all the coalitions in the group,
the babies of the females.
not particularly interested in infants,
naročito zainteresovani za novorođenčad,
and they tickle them,
za bebe i golicaju ih
with the females.
naklonost kod ženki.
by these men who are candidates
koji su kandidati
something that babies like --
to the rest of the world,
in the last election,
na poslednjim izborima,
pre je izgledao ovako,
was more like this,
didn't need to send the message
nije morala da šalje poruku
without dropping it,
currying favor with all sorts of parties
mameći naklonost raznih partija
can go a week without food
mogu i nedelju dana bez hrane,
i ako su seksualno zainteresovani za nju.
and they're sexually interested in her.
we have an explanation for this,
imamo objašnjenje za to,
is the measure of evolution.
their reproductive success
svoj reproduktivni uspeh
to be high ranking in the males.
da budu visokorangirani.
with the support of an old male,
uz podršku starog mužjaka,
mate with females.
da se pari sa ženkama.
that old male is going to get mad at you,
će da se naljuti na vas
you need to keep your partners happy.
morate da održavate partnere srećnim.
everyone wants your position.
is a very important position,
je veoma važan položaj
have to watch your back.
disrupt the coalitions of others
da razbijate tuđe koalicije
šimpanzi poprilično rade.
chimpanzees do quite a bit.
and we actually have data on this.
i zapravo imamo podatke o tome.
on the baboons
for glucocorticoids.
the male baboon is,
as the lowest-ranking males,
kao i najniže rangirani mužjaci,
is nice and dandy and is wonderful,
alfa mužjak lepo i bajno i čarobno,
a very stressful position,
o veoma stresnom položaju
that physiologically.
it gets really interesting,
from your typical image of the alpha male.
kako tipično zamišljate alfa mužjake.
has two sorts of obligations.
of the nation, so to speak.
utešitelji nacije, takoreći.
between two females.
između dve ženke.
at each other over food,
jedna na drugu zbog hrane
important for the females,
and stands between them like this.
i ovako stoji između njih.
that alpha males, when they do this,
to što alfa mužjaci, kad to rade,
or their best buddy.
niti najboljeg druga.
for the underdog in general.
extremely popular in the group,
izuzetno popularni u grupi
members of the group.
for a chimpanzee to be in,
very fond of their friends and so on,
svojim prijateljima itd,
who are good at this,
at keeping the peace in the group.
u održavanju mira u grupi.
is they show empathy for others.
je da pokazuju empatiju za druge.
of research on empathy,
istraživanjem empatije,
that we study in rodents and dogs
koju izučavamo kod glodara i pasa
her arms around her and consoles her.
oko nje da je uteši.
empathy in young children,
empatiju kod dečice,
to distressed individuals.
na pojedince u nevolji.
they do a lot of this.
amount of comfort in the group,
ogromnu količinu utehe u grupi
where there are earthquakes
The presidents do this.
have to do this job.
da obavljaju taj posao.
and that's a very important task.
je veoma važan zadatak.
some self-interest involved in it.
a male becomes as alpha male
kao alfa mužjak
respects them and looks up to them,
i ugledaju se na njega,
challenged by somebody else,
is going to support that male
da podrži tog mužjaka
a leader who is good for them.
koji je dobar prema njima.
of males who are good leaders,
mužjake koji su dobre vođe
in a very bad situation there.
on the consolation behavior.
o utešiteljskom ponašanju.
in chimpanzees,
and low-ranking individuals,
i nižerangiranih jedinki,
the mammal studies on empathy
studijama empatije kod sisara
have more of it than males.
više od mužjaka.
far more than anybody else.
daleko više od svih drugih.
being the consoler in chief, basically.
gde su oni glavni utešitelji, u suštini.
is something about alpha females.
je nešto o alfa ženkama.
the alpha female in the Arnhem zoo
alfa ženke iz zoološkog vrta Arnem
clicks at the moment,
sto miliona klikova,
centrum of the group.
of dominating the males.
da dominira mužjacima.
but she was the center of the community,
ali bila je središte zajednice,
in the community,
do velike nevolje u zajednici,
the position of alpha females
položaj alfa ženki
that is equally close to us
koja je jednako bliska nama
but the bonobos have a matriarchal society
ali bonoboi imaju matrijarhalno društvo
is a female, generally.
who is at the top of the community,
koja je na vrhu zajednice,
kako se to postiže
about how this is done
and what they do with it,
about bonobos in general.
doesn't need to be a male,
of our close relatives, it is a female.
bliskog pretka to ženka.
at men in our society
or Washington or whatever,
ili Vašingtona ili bilo čega,
and intimidates and insults everyone
i zastrašuje i vređa svakoga
alpha males in chimpanzees,
siledžije kao alfa mužjake,
than you may think.
nego što biste pomislili.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Frans de Waal - PrimatologistFrans de Waal studies primate social behavior -- how they fight and reconcile, share and cooperate.
Why you should listen
Dutch/American biologist and ethologist Frans de Waal draws parallels between primate and human behavior, from peacemaking and morality to culture. Looking at human society through the lens of animal behavior, de Waal's first book, Chimpanzee Politics (1982), compares the schmoozing and scheming of chimpanzees involved in power struggles with that of human politicians. Named one of the 100 Most Influential People Today by Time Magazine, de Waal has written hundreds of peer-reviewed scientific articles, and his popular books have been translated in over 20 languages. He is a professor in Emory University's psychology department and Director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, in Atlanta. His next book is on animal and human emotions, entitled Mama's Last Hug (Norton, 2019).
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