Ahma Theory (阿嬤論)

Ahma is always right.

De Waal describes a dominant female chimp named Mama, whom he compares to a grandmother in a Spanish or Chinese family. “When tensions in the group reach their peak, the combatants always turn to her—even the adult males. Many a time I have seen a major conflict between two males end up in her arms. Instead of resorting to physical violence at the climax of the confrontation, the rivals run to Mama, screaming loudly.”

Francis Fukuyama, Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution (New York: Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, 2011), 35.

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