Just because a female olive baboon has mated with a specific male doesn't mean he will be the father of her offspring.

These researchers had already found that nearly 70% of newborn baboons, like human babies, had early asymmetry in the planum temporale(PT)area of the brain. The PT, which is also a key area for ...

Conflict between humans and baboons can tear communities apart. Shirley C. Strum has studied wild olive baboons in Kenya for more than 50 years. In that time she's come to understand the species ...

Female baboons that had a harder life as youngsters tend to end up struggling in social situations as adults. These individuals often fail to give the friendly grunt that usually precedes social ...