Almost Human: A Journey into the World of Baboons

Article number 10221751

Drawing on fifteen years of fieldwork in Kenya, Shirley C. Strum recounts her groundbreaking research on a troop of olive baboons known as the Pumphouse Gang. Combining scientific observation with personal experiences, she reveals the complex social relationships, intelligence, cooperation, and conflicts within baboon society. The book also explores the challenges of conducting long-term field research and shows how Strum's discoveries transformed scientific understanding of primate behavior and offered new insights into human evolution. Richly illustrated with photographs and drawings, it is both an engaging memoir and an important work of behavioral science.