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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. Robert M. Sapolsky is the author of several works of nonfiction, including A Primate’s Memoir, The Trouble with Testosterone, and Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers. He is a professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University and the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation genius grant. He lives in San Francisco. 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
