The chimp way to the top
In chimpanzee groups, there is a strict pecking order, with apes lower down the order striving to move further up and eventually reach the top. Political assassinations, where two juniors form an alliance and kill the chimp at the top are not uncommon. We see human parallels to this in assassinations, wars and the jockeying for positions within organisations. Source: The Inner Ape by Frans de Waal Condensed from: Our place in creation , SPiritual Link magazine, November 2008, Science of the Soul Research Centre, Vol. 4, Issue 11