“HE WHO understands baboon would do more towards metaphysics than Locke,” scribbled Charles Darwin in 1838. Little did he know that his aside would one day inspire the title of a most insightful book ...

Primatologist duo Dorothy Cheney and Robert Seyfarth discuss their new book, Baboon Metaphysics. The husband-and-wife team spent years studying a... Book Sheds New Light on Baboon Social Scene ...

Lovers' quarrels and murder, greed and social climbing: baboon society has all the features that make a mainstream novel a page-turner. The question Cheney and Seyfarth (How Monkeys See the World) ask ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The prize for oddest book title of 2008 was awarded to "The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais," thanks to a late surge in popularity, The ...

Husband and wife team Dorothy Cheney and Robert Seyfarth spent a year in Botswana studying the behavior, vocalizations and social organization of baboons for their book Baboon Metaphysics. She is a ...

LONDON -- Books about baboons, colons and a French dairy product are among the finalists announced Friday for the Diagram Prize for year's oddest book title. "Baboon Metaphysics," an academic study of ...

Baboons are surprisingly skilled social animals. Researchers describe a female baboon that herded goats in an African village. The baboon knew all of the relationships between the goats so well that ...