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Anonymous at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 16:15:57 UTC No. 16245815

A male orangutan will not develop prominent male secondary sex characteristics, like facial flanges, if he's in a submissive position within the orangutan society. If the dominant male were to pass away, a submissive orangutan may fill the power vacuum and in turn develop these facial flanges.

Is there a similiar process in humans, where the social status informs physiology? I've heard that serf peoples develop brachycephalic heads.