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

The authors note that similar conditions are seen in baboon remains from two other sites of similar age, Saqqara and Tuna el-Gebel, suggesting a fairly consistent mode of captive keeping in all three sites.

From Science Daily • Dec. 6, 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

“Months. She keeps raving about water spirits and a dead boatman and a baboon she thinks was human.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer