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A primate's memoir / Robert M. Sapolsky.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2002.Edition: 1st Touchstone edDescription: 304 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0743202414 (pbk.)
  • 9780743202411 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 599.8/6515/09676 21
LOC classification:
  • QL737.P93 S27 2002
Contents:
Part 1 The Adolescent Years: When I First Joined the Troop -- 1. The Baboons: The Generations of Israel 13 -- 2. Zebra Kabobs and a Life of Crime 25 -- 3. The Revenge of the Liberals 37 -- 4. The Masai Fundamentalist and My Debut as a Social Worker 47 -- 5. The Coca-Cola Devil 57 -- 6. Teaching Old Men About Maps 65 -- 7. Memories of Blood: The East African Wars 71 -- Part 2 The Subadult Years -- 8. The Baboons: Saul in the Wilderness 95 -- 9. Samwelly Versus the Elephants 105 -- 10. The First Masai 117 -- 11. Zoology and National Security: A Shaggy Hyena Story 121 -- 12. The Coup 127 -- 13. Hearing Voices at the Wrong Time 135 -- 14. Sudan 139 -- Part 3 Tenuous Adulthood -- 15. The Baboons: The Unstable Years 169 -- 16. Ol' Curly Toes and the King of Nubian-Judea 177 -- 17. The Penguins of Guyana 187 -- 18. When Baboons Were Falling Out of the Trees 197 -- 19. The Old White Man 209 -- 20. The Elevator 213 -- 21. The Mound Behind the 7-Eleven 219 -- Part 4 Adulthood -- 22. The Baboons: Nick 233 -- 23. The Raid 243 -- 24. Ice 249 -- 25. Joseph 255 -- 26. The Wonders of Machines in a Land Where They Are Still Novel: The Blind Leading the Blind 259 -- 27. Who's on First, What's on Second 263 -- 28. The Last Warriors 269 -- 29. The Plague 275.
Summary: The author offers a memoir of his two decades in the field studying Kenyan baboons as he describes the members of the baboon troop and their behavior and his interaction with the neighboring Masai tribe.
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Cover subtitle: A neuroscientist's unconventional life among the baboons.

Part 1 The Adolescent Years: When I First Joined the Troop -- 1. The Baboons: The Generations of Israel 13 -- 2. Zebra Kabobs and a Life of Crime 25 -- 3. The Revenge of the Liberals 37 -- 4. The Masai Fundamentalist and My Debut as a Social Worker 47 -- 5. The Coca-Cola Devil 57 -- 6. Teaching Old Men About Maps 65 -- 7. Memories of Blood: The East African Wars 71 -- Part 2 The Subadult Years -- 8. The Baboons: Saul in the Wilderness 95 -- 9. Samwelly Versus the Elephants 105 -- 10. The First Masai 117 -- 11. Zoology and National Security: A Shaggy Hyena Story 121 -- 12. The Coup 127 -- 13. Hearing Voices at the Wrong Time 135 -- 14. Sudan 139 -- Part 3 Tenuous Adulthood -- 15. The Baboons: The Unstable Years 169 -- 16. Ol' Curly Toes and the King of Nubian-Judea 177 -- 17. The Penguins of Guyana 187 -- 18. When Baboons Were Falling Out of the Trees 197 -- 19. The Old White Man 209 -- 20. The Elevator 213 -- 21. The Mound Behind the 7-Eleven 219 -- Part 4 Adulthood -- 22. The Baboons: Nick 233 -- 23. The Raid 243 -- 24. Ice 249 -- 25. Joseph 255 -- 26. The Wonders of Machines in a Land Where They Are Still Novel: The Blind Leading the Blind 259 -- 27. Who's on First, What's on Second 263 -- 28. The Last Warriors 269 -- 29. The Plague 275.

The author offers a memoir of his two decades in the field studying Kenyan baboons as he describes the members of the baboon troop and their behavior and his interaction with the neighboring Masai tribe.

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