The Natural History of Model Organisms: Insights into the evolution of social systems and species from baboon studies
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Distribution of the six Papio species.
Species distributions are modified from Zinner et al. (2013). Male baboon drawings by Stephen Nash. Reprinted with permission from Fischer et al. (2017).
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Illustration of key traits across baboon species.
(A) Phenotypic variation between species. Pictures show adult males and females. (B) Crania of male baboons. (C) Sexual swellings of female baboon during peak estrus. Species are grouped by social organization (uni- and multi-level) and dispersal behavior (male- or female-biased dispersal). Images from Alexis Amann, Andrea Cardini, Sarah Elton, Julia Fischer, Courtney Fitzpatrick, James Higham, Megan Petersdorf, Joan Silk and Larissa Swedell.
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The Natural History of Model Organisms: Insights into the evolution of social systems and species from baboon studies
eLife 8:e50989.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.50989