Why do dominance relationships and hierarchies exist?

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Hypothesis: Individuals learn who can defeat them, and yield resources without a fight. If striving for dominance is adaptive, dominant individuals should experience greater reproductive success – males via greater access to females; females via greater access to food and other resources.