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Almost Human: A Journey into the World of Baboons (Updated Edition) by Shirley C. Strum Paperback, 323 Pages, Published 2001 ISBN-10: 0-226-77756-1 / 0226777561 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-77756-6 / 9780226777566 In 1972, a young graduate student named Shirley Strum traveled to Kenya to study a troop of olive baboons "(Papio anubis)" nicknamed the Pumphouse Gang. Like our own ancestors, baboons had adapted to life on the African savannah, and Strum hoped that by observing baboon behavior, she could learn som |