• These priority of access models were compared with observed grooming patterns in two groups of free-ranging olive baboons, Papio cynocephalus anubis: one large, one small. (uea.ac.uk)
  • The Guinea baboon (Papio papio) is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. (wikipedia.org)
  • Some (older) classifications list only two species in the genus Papio, this one and the hamadryas baboon. (wikipedia.org)
  • In those classifications, all other Papio species are considered subspecies of P. papio and the species is called the savanna baboon. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Papio baboons are known for their ecological flexibility and wide geographic ranges, as well as their uncertain taxonomy. (karger.com)
  • The savannah baboons (genus Papio ) form a cluster of 6 closely related allotaxa, classified either as separate species (e.g. (karger.com)
  • Arnold, 2009], and the Papio baboons as a whole are amongst the most successful African primates [Barrett and Henzi, 2008]. (karger.com)
  • We identified by next-generation sequencing HAV in the blood of a free-living olive baboon ( Papio anubis ) from Kibale National Park, Uganda, sampled in September 2010. (cdc.gov)
  • In our work, we paid special attention to the organization of the venous system within the forelimb of the Anubis baboon ( Papio anubis ), as well as communications between the superficial and deep venous system. (hindawi.com)
  • Currently, he directs "Project Papio, a study "friendships" in chacma baboons in Okavango Delta, Botswana and in olive baboons at his field site in Laikipia, Kenya. (rutgers.edu)
  • Dr. Palombit is currently conducting a long-term comparative study of chacma baboons ( Papio hamadryas ursinus ) in Botswana and olive baboons ( Papio hamadryas anubis ) in central Kenya. (rutgers.edu)
  • Male olive baboon ( Papio hamadryas anubis ) "followers" incur time, but not energetic costs. (rutgers.edu)
  • The observation was made after six years of study in Namibia's Tsaobis Nature Park, an arduous process of slowly tracking two large troops of baboons ( Papio ursinus ) from dawn until dusk to observe their interactions, with the results now published in the Royal Society Open Science . (iflscience.com)
  • The Olive Baboon ( Papio anubis ), also called the Anubis Baboon, is a member of the family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys). (through-my-lens.com)
  • Daily electrical stimulation of the amygdala in Senegalese baboons ( Papio papio ) resulted in the development of generalized convulsive seizures of focal onset through five distinct clinical stages in an average of 72 days. (neurology.org)
  • The purpose of this study is to better understand the grooming patterns of captive hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas hamadryas) and geladas (Theropithecus gelada) within the context of kin selection theory, which posits that kin will interact, especially in altruistic ways, more than non-kin. (blogspot.com)
  • Regional variation in the myosin heavy chain composition in the temporalis muscle of female and male baboons ( Papio anubis ). (pcom.edu)
  • For more than 70 y researchers have looked to baboons (monkeys of the genus Papio ) as a source of hypotheses about the ecology and behavior of early hominins (early human ancestors and their close relatives). (bvsalud.org)
  • We parameterize our social networks with data from wild baboons (Papio cynocephalus) and compare our simulated fissions with actual baboon fission events. (bvsalud.org)
  • Subsequent testing of a separate Kibale olive baboon troop in 2014 indicated the virus was prevalent and shed in feces. (cdc.gov)
  • Baboon refers to the large-bodied primates with marked sexual dimorphism and having females and young that are dependent on males for protection. (wikipedia.org)
  • The present study sought to determine whether doses of methamphetamine in the range of those used recreationally by humans produce brain dopamine (DA) neurotoxicity in baboons and to ascertain whether positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with the DA transporter (DAT) ligand [ 11 C]WIN-35,428 ([ 11 C]2β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-fluorophenyl)-tropane) could be used to detect methamphetamine-induced DAT loss in living primates. (jneurosci.org)
  • These results indicate that methamphetamine, at doses used by some humans, produces long-term reductions in brain DA axonal markers in baboons, and that it is possible to detect methamphetamine-induced DAT loss in living nonhuman primates by means of PET. (jneurosci.org)
  • The puzzle for someone like me, who studies primates, is that baboons never lived in Egypt. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • If they merely witness another baboon die they do not become as agitated. (sciencedaily.com)
  • B ) vegetation density, ( C ) sleep site direction, ( D ) roads, ( E ) animal paths, ( F ) social density, ( G ) fraction of visible neighbors, ( H ) locations that have ever been used by another baboon, ( I ) number of baboons that have recently (in the past 4.5 minutes) used a location. (elifesciences.org)
  • For the last 14 years, Cheney and Seyfarth have followed a troop of more than 80 free-ranging baboons in the Okavango Delta of Botswana. (sciencedaily.com)
  • 1. There is an urgent need for a moratorium to be placed on the killing of free ranging baboons by these timber companies. (thepetitionsite.com)
  • The Guinea baboon inhabits a small area in western Africa. (wikipedia.org)
  • These baboons are found in a wide range across Africa in savannah habitats including Guinea, Senegal, Gambia, southern Mauritania and western Mali. (wikipedia.org)
  • And the first involves baboons because baboons have a very large distribution across Subsaharan Africa. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • And generally across Africa, baboons are disliked. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • So it's really quite a striking reversal to the general patterns across Subsaharan Africa. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • Baboons are indigenous to South Africa while the pine plantations they are being killed for are alien species that damage the environment. (thepetitionsite.com)
  • Baboons are a successful and widespread primate species in Africa, largely because of their ability to modify their broad omnivorous diet and foraging behaviour under changing environmental and climatic conditions. (wits.ac.za)
  • The population size of baboons found in the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, South Africa, has risen at a constant rate over the past few years, resulting in growing concerns of insufficient resources in the reserve to sustain the population. (wits.ac.za)
  • The species is the most widely spread of all baboons: it is found in 25 countries throughout Africa, extending south from Mali to Ethiopia and to Tanzania. (through-my-lens.com)
  • One young baboons is buried with a young person about age 12 or 13, suggesting status as a pet. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • A preference for associating with those of similar age or personality seems to work against this, making it hard for young baboons to learn from older ones, or for the cautious to take advantage of lessons learned by the brave. (iflscience.com)
  • Dunbar [1988], for example, suggested that the use of arid areas with low food densities might be responsible for the hamadryas baboon's unique social system, while the chacma baboon is also called the 'mountain' baboon for its use of the Drakensberg mountains [Henzi and Barrett, 2003]. (karger.com)
  • 2013] for the chacma baboon, for instance, suggested this species actually prefers cool, low-altitude habitats with moderate rainfall and may only use the marginal Drakensberg environments as a result of interactions with humans, and the study by Zinner et al. (karger.com)
  • Chacma baboon males will often commit infanticide, killing the babies of rivals," says Carter. (iflscience.com)
  • James Edwin Wide had lost both his legs in a work accident years earlier, and so in 1880, when he came across a Chacma Baboon driving an oxcart while visiting a busy South African market, he saw a way to make his life easier. (carynschulenberg.com)
  • Socially, Guinea baboons have more in common with Hamadryas baboons than other baboon species, living in one male units, consisting of one dominant male, several females and juveniles, and often a follower male. (wikipedia.org)
  • This study hypothesizes that grooming patterns in hamadryas baboons and geladas can be explained by the patterns of philopatry, dispersal, social system and bonding that are seen in wild populations. (blogspot.com)
  • The results of this study show that there is a higher frequency of allogrooming than autogrooming in both hamadryas baboons and geladas. (blogspot.com)
  • There is a positive correlation between grooming frequency and temperature in hamadryas baboons but a negative correlation in geladas. (blogspot.com)
  • Meanwhile, during the 1994 solar eclipse visible in Chile, hamadryas baboons in captivity got less active, perhaps because they were confused and thought it was nighttime, according to a 2003 study published in the journal Zoo Biology . (livescience.com)
  • The Guinea baboon is one of the smallest baboon species, weighing between 13 and 26 kg (28.6-57 lbs). (wikipedia.org)
  • The long canines are evidence of sexual dimorphism in baboon species. (wikipedia.org)
  • They can range in weight from 13 and 26 kg (28-57 lbs), making them among the smallest of the baboon species. (wikipedia.org)
  • Although baboon species are all allopatric, some of their ranges do overlap, and interbreeding does occasionally occur. (wikipedia.org)
  • In fact, the differences between the environments occupied by adjacent troops in well-known national parks may be as large or larger than the average differences in the ranges of different species, and this may have important implications for baboon biogeography. (karger.com)
  • Existing synthetic studies of individual baboon species' ranges and ecological niches, however, point to a complex relationship with the environment. (karger.com)
  • Figure 1: Swallowing motor pattern and sequential activity of vagal motor fibers in species with striated (a, sheep) or striated and smooth muscle (b, baboon) esophagus. (nature.com)
  • The species with the most similar rate and pattern of chipping to H. naledi is baboons - 25% of their teeth have fractures. (phys.org)
  • They examined sleep patterns of more than 30 mammalian species-including hedgehogs, baboons, seals, and elephants-along with the strength of their immune systems and levels of parasite infection. (discovermagazine.com)
  • Plasma testosterone and androstenedione levels follow the same sex-specific patterns in the two Pan species. (dpz.eu)
  • The transplanted hearts do not show the pattern of acute, overwhelming rejection typical of cross-species transplantation. (science20.com)
  • Within species, fine-scale mobility patterns vary with resource availability or habitat loss [11] , [12] . (cdc.gov)
  • chacma baboons in Okavango Delta, Botswana and olive baboons in Laikipia, Kenya. (rutgers.edu)
  • To study the response of stress among baboons, Engh and her colleagues examined the glucocorticoid levels and grooming behavior of females in the troop to see how closely they resemble patterns seen in humans. (sciencedaily.com)
  • We then surveyed a second troop of habituated olive baboons at the same field site during February-April 2014 ( 5 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Being in a baboon troop is pretty much just like " Mean Girls "-everyone prefers to spend time with those who are just like them in temperament as well as background. (iflscience.com)
  • The main aim of the study was a detailed examination of the location of venous valves and perforating veins in forelimb of Anubis baboon. (hindawi.com)
  • In the Anubis baboon, we observed the absence of the basilic vein. (hindawi.com)
  • The venous vessels in the Anubis baboon were arranged in two main layers: superficial and deep, with both systems being connected by perforators located at the level of the carpus and cubital fossa. (hindawi.com)
  • The Anubis baboon was chosen because of the unique possibility of carrying out anatomical research on such a rare research material. (hindawi.com)
  • Jane Gooddall noted in her famous 1986 study of the animals "The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior," (Belknap Press, 1986) that they will climb high structures, orient their bodies toward the sun and point, yell and gesticulate toward the eclipse, as if to say "look at that! (livescience.com)
  • We used molecular techniques to investigate the presence of genes conferring resistance to sulfonamides (often used to treat diarrheal illness in human settings in this region) and tetracycline (used in the past-though much less so now) in fecal specimens from humans, domestic animals, chimpanzees, and baboons in and around GNP. (cdc.gov)
  • Xenotransplantation of organs from chimpanzees and baboons has been avoided, however, because of ethical concerns and fear of transmission of deadly viruses (see Biologic Barriers to Xenotransplantation). (medscape.com)
  • I am studying variation within and between both populations of baboons, collecting genetic, experimental, and observational data that will clarify the causal and functional bases of sexually selected infanticide and heterosexual bonds in a multi-male social setting. (rutgers.edu)
  • On a related note, Jenny Tung, who's a researcher at Duke University, recently found that gene expression patterns are very, very different between two populations of baboons, one that forages on human foods and one that doesn't, so I'd like to do some work comparing how expression levels of obesity-related genes differ between the captive and wild vervets as well. (bu.edu)
  • Shekelle pioneered the use of systematic sampling of wild tarsier populations for genetic, acoustic, and morphologic data, and comparing those results with regional biogeographic patterns. (eventcreate.com)
  • Patterns of fine-scale animal mobility within heterogeneous landscapes have significant impact on foraging and reproductive success, inter and intra-specific competition, creation and persistence of meta-populations, gene flow and structure, and propagation of infectious diseases [1] - [6] . (cdc.gov)
  • Guinea baboons are diurnal, living on the ground instead of in trees, and typically sleep in trees at the terminal ends of branches. (wikipedia.org)
  • Baboons are one of the largest groups of monkeys and are sexually dimorphic in body size (meaning the males and females have differing body sizes). (wikipedia.org)
  • Christopher Schmitt, assistant professor of anthropology, studies developmental patterns in vervet monkeys, focusing on obesity. (bu.edu)
  • According to researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, baboons physiologically respond to bereavement in ways similar to humans, with an increase in stress hormones called glucocorticoids. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Our findings do not necessarily suggest that baboons experience grief like humans do, but they do offer evidence of the importance of social bonds amongst baboons," Engh said. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Like humans, baboons seem to rely on friendly relationships to help them cope with stressful situations. (sciencedaily.com)
  • However, the pattern of chipping is substantially different - modern humans tend to show the most fractures on the front teeth. (phys.org)
  • Traces of dietary patterns in saliva of hominids: Profiling salivary aminoc acid fingerprints in great apes and humans. (dpz.eu)
  • This difference is just one of numerous social features distinguishing chacma baboons from their East African cousins (e.g., lack of male-male coalitions, apparently greater sexual monopolization of estrus females by high-ranking males, enhanced territoriality). (rutgers.edu)
  • They also found that the baboons prefer to spend time with members of the opposite sex, with females spending a lot of time grooming males. (iflscience.com)
  • His data suggest that this social relationship functions as a deterrent to sexually selected infanticide in chacma baboons, which accounts for at least 37% of infant mortality. (rutgers.edu)
  • In East African olive baboons, however, male infanticide occurs rarely, and yet heterosexual friendships develop just as reliably. (rutgers.edu)
  • This colorful description was used for a reaction pattern characterized by a bright-red, well-demarcated eruption, predominantly located on the buttocks and genital area, reminiscent of the red bottom of the baboon (1). (aad.org)
  • If you're an Eames fan, chances are you recognized this colorful pattern instantly. (design-milk.com)
  • Baboon bags contain colorful linings that repel dirt and water and are constructed of phthalate-free TPE (Thermoplastic Elastomer) fabric, which is similar to rubber. (couponstore.com)
  • Kunz and Linsenmair, 2008], although there is also evidence for some overarching patterning in baboon-environment relationships at the genus scale. (karger.com)
  • The Holocene fossil record, which is the period of time of modern human habitation and agriculture and complex societies, is entirely devoid of any evidence of any primate whatsoever - let alone baboons. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • Hearts transplanted from GT-KO pigs into baboons have survived for several months, without the need for intensive drug treatment to suppress the recipient animal's immune system. (science20.com)
  • A short IV infusion of inulin and cefoxitin were followed by a maintenance IV infusion of inulin over 5 h in seven healthy baboons, three healthy pigs, and five baboons after bilateral native nephrectomy and intra-abdominal pig renal transplantation. (bvsalud.org)
  • The body weight normalized total body clearance of inulin was similar in pigs and baboons despite differences in absolute clearances. (bvsalud.org)
  • They also mummified them, meaning specimens of those pet baboons exist in museums and, critically, still carry a chemical fingerprint of where they came from originally, putting Dartmouth College's Nate Dominy on the scent of where Punt might have been, as he told Chris Smith. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • Chris - Have we got physical specimens of baboons from that geography nevertheless? (thenakedscientists.com)
  • Chris - So therefore if you've got evidence of these animals being deified in that particular geography, you've got evidence of specimens of them being brought to that geography, but there's no evidence that they were naturally there, this argues that any baboons that are there were brought there by human activity and therefore the question must be from where? (thenakedscientists.com)
  • For 11 baboons, we also collected a paired fecal sample, which we analyzed for evidence of viral shedding. (cdc.gov)
  • From these baboons, 7 of 19 fecal samples tested positive by RT-PCR. (cdc.gov)
  • The baboons' ecological flexibility and biogeographic spread makes them interesting in their own right, as well as a potential source of analogies for understanding early hominins [Jolly, 2001]. (karger.com)
  • Because it will eat practically anything available, the Guinea baboon is able to occupy areas with limited resources or harsh conditions. (wikipedia.org)
  • Due to its small range and the loss of its habitat, the Guinea baboon is classified as "near threatened" by the IUCN. (wikipedia.org)
  • Combining three-dimensional habitat reconstruction with baboon tracking data to determine which habit and social features predict individual movement decisions. (elifesciences.org)
  • A ) Example of baboon trajectories overlaid on a high-resolution three-dimensional habitat reconstruction. (elifesciences.org)
  • Home range size remained constant, showing no seasonal or spatial pattern but seasonal habitat use in troops varied, depending on habitat type. (wits.ac.za)
  • The central mechanism involves patterned activation of the preganglionic neurons in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus that project onto inhibitory and excitatory neurons in the esophageal myenteric plexus. (nature.com)
  • As to why baboons cluster by personality, the researchers are not sure. (iflscience.com)
  • Grooming, a friendly behavior where baboons clean each other's fur, is the primary means by which baboons strengthen social bonds. (sciencedaily.com)
  • A characteristic feature of baboons is their long molars and broad incisors. (wikipedia.org)
  • Now, that might be about to change thanks to a breakthrough involving animals that the Egyptians kept as pets and went to Punt specially to purchase - baboons! (thenakedscientists.com)
  • So the Egyptians were highly motivated to travel great distances to go to Punt for these exotic luxury goods, including baboons. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • Chris - So how can you use our knowledge of baboons to work out where Punt is then? (thenakedscientists.com)
  • The analysis of both authentic Dorsal target genes and defined synthetic promoters suggests that the ectopic gradient is sufficient to generate the full repertory of DV patterning responses along the AP axis of the embryo. (sdbonline.org)
  • My findings not only confirm our knowledge of the adaptability of baboon foraging behaviour and diet but provide new insight into foraging strategies in a seasonal environment as well as the underlying mechanisms influencing behavioural responses in baboons. (wits.ac.za)
  • 5, 6, 7 Interestingly, long-lasting repetitive stimulation of the SLN can elicit a pattern of rhythmic motor activities of swallowing. (nature.com)
  • 2001] of hamadryas habitats in Eritrea found that this taxon does indeed use more arid environments than neighbouring olive baboons, but also occupies moist coastal lowlands and makes use of a wide range of vegetation types. (karger.com)
  • Baboons in the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve appear to increase foraging effort by travelling more and selecting habitats where food resources are both abundant and energy rich. (wits.ac.za)
  • When resource availability was low, baboons tended to reduce energy expenditure by travelling less, selecting habitats with more reliable resource availability and consuming whatever foods were available. (wits.ac.za)
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  • and Rebekah Hoffmeier of the Moremi Baboon Project in Botswana. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The leading cause of death among adult baboons is predation, usually from leopards and lions. (sciencedaily.com)
  • I look at developmental patterns that lead to adult-onset obesity in order to understand better about why we become obese," says Schmitt. (bu.edu)
  • This approach has undergone a resurgence in the last decade as a result of rapidly increasing knowledge from experimental and field studies of baboons and from archeological and paleontological studies of hominins. (bvsalud.org)
  • Our aims were (i) to compare inulin clearance after a short intravenous (IV) bolus with steady-state inulin IV infusion, (ii) to use this method to measure the glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and (iii) to determine the tubular secretory function using cefoxitin in a pig-to-baboon renal transplant model. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Guinea baboon is a highly communicative animal. (wikipedia.org)
  • Generally found in woodland savannas, Guinea baboons seasonally congregate near permanent water sources, breaking off in the wet season into smaller groups. (wikipedia.org)
  • And I also work with these animals in the wild so that I can understand the ecological context for these developmental patterns. (bu.edu)
  • Baboons can lower their glucocorticoid levels through friendly social contact, expanding their social network after the loss of specific close companions. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The Huang (1997) paper also clearly summarizes what is known about the regulation of genes involved in dorsal/ventral patterning. (sdbonline.org)
  • I found that not only is there a genetic component to becoming obese in the first place, but there's also a genetic component to this developmental pattern leading to chronic obesity. (bu.edu)
  • And then in a still later period, during the Roman and Greek period, we get the period of animal cults where baboons and many other animals were mummified on a practically industrial scale. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • Nate - Baboons are a really great animal system for this question because baboons drink water every day. (thenakedscientists.com)
  • No scientific representatives, no animal welfare representatives and no stakeholders who were previously at the BDWG meetings to fight for the baboons were told about the meeting or the decision. (thepetitionsite.com)
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  • According to The Railway Signal, Wide "trained the baboon to such perfection that he was able to sit in his cabin stuffing birds, etc, while the animal, which was chained up outside, pulled all the levers and points. (carynschulenberg.com)
  • The PE enhancer from the twist promoter region exhibits a similar pattern of expression. (sdbonline.org)
  • Subsequently, a cutaneous adverse drug reaction with a similar morphologic presentation, but without prior sensitization by the causative agent, was also classified as baboon syndrome. (aad.org)
  • The few archaeological examples that do have similar fracture patterns support the conclusion that the chipping in H. naledi relates to diet and not to using teeth as tools. (phys.org)
  • Pig kidney transplanted into baboons provided similar clearance in baboons when normalized to baboon body weight and sustained filtration and secretory functions. (bvsalud.org)
  • A ) Across all data, the location chosen by the focal baboon is more likely to be the one recently occupied by more of its group mates. (elifesciences.org)
  • Similarly, GPS data revealed that baboons travelled further in the early and late rain seasons than in the dry season. (wits.ac.za)
  • Through her study, Engh was able to track patterns in stress of the female baboons over time through their glucocorticoid levels. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The aim of my study was to investigate foraging behaviour and diet in relation to the spatio-temporal fluctuations of resources in this isolated population of baboons. (wits.ac.za)
  • For the study, Carter placed items that would be unfamiliar to the baboons near paths they use and measured how long they spent investigating these novelties, and whether they ate them. (iflscience.com)
  • The study documented that pig kidneys support the physiologic needs of baboons and are likely to support human recipients as well. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Guinean troops are large multiple-male, multiple-female troops with 50-300 baboons. (wikipedia.org)
  • The conclusion is optimistic about the future of baboon perspectives on early hominins. (bvsalud.org)
  • Thank You all for taking the time and energy to read this: South Africa's baboons are being killed on a mass scale and urgently need your help to stop the killing. (thepetitionsite.com)
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