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Size Matters in a Fight, But Not in the Way You Might Think Sebastian Junger © Mgm/Ua/Kobal/Shutterstock In his new book Freedom, Sebastian Junger, the best-selling author of The Perfect Storm, War, and Tribe, takes on the myth of the alpha male, the secret to winning, and why size matters in a fight (but not in the way you think) © Getty Images cat with lion head roaring superimposed Across a broad range of species chimpanzees, walruses, lions, elk, mice larger males and groups of males invariably win physical confrontations with smaller ones, but that is not the case with humans. Were this not so, freedom would effectively be impossible: Every group would be led by a single large male, and the world would be dominated by fascist mega-states that could easily crush insubordinate populations. But that’s not what the world looks like. Large armies or people are stronger than small ones, but usually slower and less efficient. This is true at every scale,

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