
Almost Human
A Journey Into the World of Baboons
Shirley C. Strum(Author)
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
Published on 13. March 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
340 pages
978-0-393-30708-5 (ISBN)
Description
When Shirley C. Strum first set out in 1972 to do graduate work with baboons in Kenya, conventional wisdom had it that primate society, epitomized by monkeys such as baboons, was based on aggression and ruled by the males, their brute force and their dominance hierarchy. But her absorbing chronicle of fifteen years spent observing a troop of baboons has revealed remarkable new aspects of animal behavior.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
553 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-30708-5 (9780393307085)
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Persons
Shirley Carol Strum (b. 1947) is professor of anthropology at the University of California, San Diego. She divides her time between Kenya and the United States.