baboon

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Indeed, the Jane Goodall Institute now runs a longstanding baboon research project based partly on the fact that baboons are important chimpanzee prey.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2025

“They were showing Ridley the baboon because it was an interesting anatomical structure,” Bakowski recalls.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024

Comparisons of samples from the widely separated time periods are possible because the location of the different genetic variants of the baboon populations is very consistent over time.

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2023

Whether you’re a human or an elephant, a baboon or a fish, adversity experienced early in life is often linked to negative effects on longevity and health in adulthood.

From Scientific American • May 23, 2023

This was watched from a bush by the hidden baboon, whose eyes glowed with anger as he saw the deception which he and his friends had suffered at the hands of the wily hare.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith