In some kinds of animal societies, your place in the dominance hierarchy can be explained by physical attributes like body size.

在某些动物社会中，你在权力等级中的地位可由体型等身体特征来决定。

But whether the shocks are good or bad, animal societies have yet to show steady, adaptive change--any cultural progress.

但无论冲击是好还是坏，动物社会都尚未表现出稳定的、适应性的变化——任何文化进步。