And what does that mean to you? Is there a hierarchy or are the differences not as far apart as we might think?
Alpha males are seen as the dominate/leader types. They're the take charge type of personalities. They tend towards higher levels of testosterone. Tend to be more physically oriented and competitive.
Athletes, heads of business are a few examples of the types of jobs you find them in.
Their downsides tend to be more disconnected from feelings/emotions. They have a higher tendency towards being abusive in relationships.
Workaholics.
Betas tend to be more creative minded. Artists and writers and such.
They can be more in touch with feelings and emotions and not so driven to be in charge, or career driven.
This allows them to be more empathetic and understanding.
Downsides are they can be more depressive.
Ideally neither of them are 'better' in my view. Each serves a purpose the other cannot.
Traditionally women tend to be more generally similar. Whereas the distinctions between men tend to be more obvious. Think of 80s movies. The jock vs the need, for example. The alpha vs the beta. But this distinction dynamic isn't common with women.
Though as feminism has become more popular and gone through changes in modern times you see it happening more with women. Essentially copying behavior naturally shown by men.
The notion of alphas and betas seems to stem from nature. First that comes to mind is wolves. Wolves tend to travel in packs. The pack leader is the alpha. These are always males.
As far as what an omega is, not heard of that so I looked it up. They strike me as a bit more of a loner.