A study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, found that while the baboons noticed and responded to a laser mark ...
In a nutshell Wild baboons understand mirrors show real events but don’t recognize their own reflection in them. Only 1 out of 135 mirror tests showed any self-directed response Young male baboons ...
A few things come to mind when we imagine the alpha male type. They're the ones calling the shots, who get all the girls. But ...
Wild baboons failed to demonstrate visual self-recognition in a test carried out by anthropologists.
The first evidence pointing to the unique daily problems faced by alpha male baboons arrived in 2011, when Gesquiere and ...
Still, the study on alpha male baboons highlights an important lesson: leadership comes with challenges, and constant stress ...
In 2010, an anthropology student stalked Stella for 30 days on the outskirts of Cape Town in South Africa and t racked everything the wild cape baboon ate. Stella devoured dandelion leaves ...
The researchers observed 120 Chacma baboons in Tsaobis Nature Park, Namibia, between May and October 2021 to better understand self-awareness among wild non-hominid primates, who have previously ...