Baboons care for their children like humans do Females are generally quite close to their maternal relatives - their mothers, aunts, and sisters. They groom them, rest near them, and aid them in ...

Baboons whose mothers died before they reached maturity, but then forged strong friendships in adulthood, were best able to bounce back. The flip side is also true, Alberts said. “Strong social bonds ...

In wild baboons (Papio cynocephalus), for example, adult males frequently leave the natal troop while females stay, ensuring that siblings from the same mother avoid each other as mates. But ...

In 1971, Stuart Altmann and Jeanne Altmann began full-time continuous monitoring of the Amboseli baboon population (see History). Stuart was the senior scientist for the first decade. He played a ...