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Things Would Have Been a LOT Different Without Alpha males If this parasite, Toxoplasma gondii  is a main cause of Alpha males, a tiny parasite changed the  course of human history.  [re: My last blog post  — about Alpha wolves and their parasites, I’m still researching, and what I find keeps blowing my elderly mind.] Since there have been human Alpha males all through recorded history, I assume they were around for some of pre-history as well.  Alpha males, risk-taking, overly confident, aggressive men, egged on by T.gondii since the time we started getting infected with them in significan numbers. (See “cats” below) Society’s evolution has been seriously impacted by this kind of man... particularly the "hyper Alphas..."  I'm Genghis I'm Alex I'm Atilla ...like Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Atilla the Hun et al, and the huge collection of Pharaohs, Kings, Emperors, and other autocrats who "rose to the top" with their Alpha brains driving them....

Is This What It Takes To Be A Leader? We are   Toxoplasma gondii all cozy in our cyst. You can call us POWER PROTOZOAN PARASITES 24 November 2022  (headline in nature ) Parasite gives male wolves  what it takes to be pack leaders S howing the behavioral effects of  Toxoplasma gondii  in wild animals This is my Alpha Wolf smile! From the nature study:  Researchers looked at 256 blood samples from the 229 wolves that had their life histories and social status recorded.  They found that T.Gondii infected wolves were 11 times more likely than uninfected ones to start a new pack, and 46 times more likely to become pack leaders, often the only males in the pack that breed. Now that’s ALPHA, baby.                  So.... You might ask, How About Alpha Male People ?   Up to one-fifth of humans might be chronically infected with T. Gondii.  ONE FIFTH!   [Maybe more. The info keeps rolling in.]...

  History That's Exciting,  Ultra (!) Relevant         and Ultimately Reassuring (What a deal!) In 1940 I was 3 and 4 years old, so you wouldn't expect me to be keeping up with the political scene. But I could have told you who Gabriel Heatter and Walter Winchell were: Men on the radio who talked funny.  I thought Gabriel Heatter had the funniest name going. ("Gabriel Stove" I said a lot, laughing every time.) I missed most of what they were reporting, probably because I was laughing.   Rachael Maddow, and a great MSNBC team have put together an 8-part podcast that makes that 1940 span leap to life, It's modestly called: It's got everything: Deadly plane crash, armed bands of insurrectionists, corrupt politicians, star special prosecutors, nasty anti-Semites, lotsa Nazis, out-of-control lawyers, private spies, Roosevelt haters... oh it's got everything (but sex, and sex isn't nearly as interesting as the other stuff). I rarely-to-never binge...