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Field primatology

Sun, 2010-10-10 08:30 -- John Hawks

Noah Snyder-Mackler's continuing series in the NY Times' "Scientist at Work" blog has been providing a journal of his fieldwork on gelada baboons.

I'll link to his current entry, which is about male mating competition, but the whole series would be worthwhile for students wanting a picture of primate field biology.

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