In an exhilarating account of his 21-year study of a troop of rambunctious baboons in Kenya, Robert Sapolsky interweaves serious scientific observations with wry commentary about the challenges and pleasures of living in the wilds of the Serengeti--for man and beast alike.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Part 1. The Adolescent Years: When I First Joined the Troop
The Baboons: The Generations of Israel
Zebra Kabobs and a Life of Crime
The Revenge of the Liberals
The Masai Fundamentalist and My Debut as a Social Worker
The Coca-Cola Devil
Teaching Old Men About Maps
Memories of Blood: The East African Wars
Part 2: The Subadult Years
The Baboons: Saul in the Wilderness
Samwelly Versus the Elephants
The First Masai
Zoology and National Security: A Shaggy Hyena Story
The Coup
Hearing Voices at the Wrong Time
Sudan
Part 3: Tenuous Adulthood
The Baboons: The Unstable Years
Ol' Curly Toes and the King of Nubian-Judea
The Penguins of Guyana
When Baboons Were Falling Out of the Trees
The Old White Man
The Elevator
The Mound Behind the 7-Eleven
Part 4: Adulthood
The Baboons: Nick
The Raid
Ice
Joseph
The Wonders of Machines in a Land Where They Are Still Novel: The Blind Leading the Blind
Who's on First, What's on Second
The Last Warriors
The Plague
