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.... in ''A Primate's Memoir'' are undergirded by a serious scientific intent: a study of male stress. Years of baboon observation prompt him to challenge the prevailing view that ''testosterone plus aggression equals social dominance.'' Instead, he deduces that in a stable hierarchy, low-ranking males -- the ones who fight most frequently over status -- exhibit higher testosterone levels (and are more prone to stress-related disease) than the dominant baboons. Moreover, regardless of rank, the lowest stress hormone levels among males appear among those that engage regularly in social grooming and other nonaggressive contact with troop members.http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/01/books/even-baboons-get-the-blues.html
