Humans have an innate biological drive to form social hierarchies
Converging evidence from evolutionary biology, comparative primate neuroanatomy, and animal social network studies supports the view that social dominance hierarchies are an ingrained aspect of mammalian and primate social behavior.
The retrieved literature contains strong empirical and evolutionary evidence supporting the biological basis of social hierarchies across primates and social mammals. Paper [3] demonstrates evolutionary continuity in neuroanatomical structures (such as the uncinate fasciculus) underlying social dominance in primates. Paper [8] shows that social organisms naturally form and stabilize dominance networks backed by specific neural codes. Other papers discuss evolutionary pressures and biopsychosocial frameworks where social organization and dominance dynamics play a foundational role. There are no refuting papers.
Royo J, Orset T, Catani M, Pouget P, Thiebaut de Schotten M. Evidence for an Evolutionary Continuity in Social Dominance: Insights from Nonhuman Primate Tractography.. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.1646-24.2025
Demonstrates an evolutionary continuity in the neuroanatomical substrates of social dominance and hierarchically organized social structures across primates.
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Ray S, Las L, Ulanovsky N. Structure, Dynamics, and Neural Codes in a Bat Social Network.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70250
Shows that group-living social organisms spontaneously establish stable social hierarchies and dominance networks reflected in neural coding.
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