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Baboon Metaphysics on NPR

By laelaps on December 6, 2007.

I'm going to be out most of the day as I'm going to attend a lecture in New York on how useful (or not) living primates are in reconstructing the lifeways of extinct hominins (with a new copy of Peter Bowler's Monkey Trials and Gorillas Sermons to keep me occupied during the trip), but if you're looking for something good to listen to check out an interview on NPR with Dorothy Cheney and Robert Seyfarth about their new book Baboon Metaphysics. Included in the discussion is a mention of the creationism/evolution culture war and a story (originally related to me by my primatology professor, a colleague of these scientists) about when Seyfarth was treed by a pride of lions, so be sure to give it a listen. If the story piques your interest in primatology, baboons, or behavior, make sure you read A Primate's Memoir about another baboon specialist, Robert Sapolsky, the book being one of the best I have ever read in any genre.

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