This book is an essential, up-to-date reference on the behavior, ecology, and reproduction of wild hamadryas baboons. KEY TOPICS: This book rectifies the male-biased view of hamadryas baboon behavior that has persisted over the decades, suggesting that female behavior contributes more to hamadryas social organization than has previously been assumed, and that females may, in fact, be acting in their own best interests after all. MARKET: Those potentially conducting research on hamadryas baboons, baboons in general, or primates in general include university faculty, researchers at other institutions, and undergraduate and graduate students world-wide.

An important reference on hamadryas baboons.

~Provides an essential resource for students conducting research on baboons.

 An “all-in-one” source–Providing information on wild hamadryas baboons at the Filoha field site in Ethiopia.

~It includes both the content of several journal articles plus many other details of hamadryas baboon behavior that cannot be found elsewhere.

 Comprehensive.

~Serves as an example to students of what a field study on wild primates entails, in its methods, its scope, and its relationship to primatology as a whole.