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ArticleScience advances2026

The legacy of privilege: Social inheritance reverses sex differences in reproductive inequality in the spotted hyena.

Marta Mosna, Alexandre Courtiol, Philemon Naman, Oliver P Höner, Eve Davidian

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5 authors.

Marta MosnaDepartment of Evolutionary Ecology, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0009-0009-9856-1861
Alexandre CourtiolDepartment of Evolutionary Genetics, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0637-2959
Philemon NamanNgorongoro Hyena Project, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania.
Oliver P HönerDepartment of Evolutionary Ecology, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0658-3417
Eve DavidianNgorongoro Hyena Project, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania.ORCID 0000-0001-9437-0720

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inequalities in reproductive success among females and males shape natural and sexual selection. For sexually reproducing species, the Darwin-Bateman paradigm predicts greater reproductive inequality in males than females. A mechanism driving reproductive inequality in humans and other animals is social inheritance of privilege. Here, we show that this mechanism can reverse the male bias in reproductive inequality. Using a 29-year dataset spanning eight generations of spotted hyenas (

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HyaenidaeReproductionSex CharacteristicsAnimalsBiological EvolutionFemaleMaleSexual Selection

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