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010 _a 2001027981
015 _aGBA2-14115
020 _a0241122449 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 _a(OCoLC)ocm46952299
040 _aDLC
_cBSU
_dBSU
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050 0 0 _aQL737.P93
_bS79 2001
082 0 0 _a599.8STR
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100 1 _aStrum, Shirley C.
_q(Shirley Carol),
_d1947-
_915081
245 1 0 _aAlmost human :
_ba journey into the world of baboons /
_cShirley C. Strum ; illustrations by Deborah Ross.
260 _aLondon
_bElm Tree Books
_c1987
300 _axxvii, 294 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c25 cm.
500 _a"With a new introduction and epilogue."
500 _aOriginally published: New York : Random House, c1987. With a new introd. and epilogue.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [279]-282) and index.
505 0 0 _g1.
_tStarting Out --
_g2.
_tTwo Newcomers --
_g3.
_tPeggy --
_g4.
_tChanges --
_g5.
_tIssues --
_g6.
_tStarting on the Males --
_g7.
_tThe Saga of Sherlock --
_g8.
_tBo and David --
_g9.
_tSome Solutions --
_g10.
_tSmart Baboons --
_g11.
_tImplications --
_g12.
_tWoes --
_g13.
_tCrop Raiding --
_g14.
_tHumans --
_g15.
_tSearching --
_g16.
_tDesperation - and a Happy Ending --
_g17.
_tCapture and Release --
_g18.
_tFinal Moves --
_g19.
_tFreedom.
520 1 _a"Almost Human chronicles thirty years of Shirley Strum's fieldwork with a troop of olive baboons nicknamed the Pumphouse Gang. From the first paragraph, the reader is drawn along with Strum into the world of the baboons, learning about the tragedies and triumphs of their daily lives - and of her own voyage of courageous scientific discovery.".
520 8 _a"In the same way that Jane Goodall's pioneering study of chimpanzees revealed their likeness to humans, Strum's work shows how, contrary to the popular image and the scientific evidence of the time, the more distantly related baboons are just as socially savvy.
520 8 _aAlmost Human includes her groundbreaking discovery that social finesse, rather than male dominance and aggression, plays a crucial role in baboon society, and Strum relates the drama of a daring translocation experiment with the Pumphouse Gang that ultimately ensured their survival when their habitat was threatened by destruction.".
520 8 _a"This edition includes a new introduction that places Strum's research in the context of the current global conservation crisis and an epilogue that tells us what has happened to the Pumphouse Gang since the book was first published."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 _aOlive baboon
_xBehavior
_zKenya.
_vMammals
_915082
658 _aBiology
900 _bTOC
942 _2ddc
_cBK
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_d6988