Baboon Perspectives on Early Human Ancestors: One Approach to Reconstructing Early Hominin Ecology and Behavior

Dr. King was trained in anthropology at Cornell and UCLA and in primatology with Sherwood Washburn at UC Berkeley. He taught anthropology and primatology at Monmouth University in New Jersey and is now Professor Emeritus. His research includes close observation of free-ranging olive baboons in Tanzania and pursuit of uncooperative chacma baboons in South Africa. Previously he studied captive chimpanzees at Holloman AFB; and hamadryas baboons, geladas, and mandrills in the Los Angeles Zoo. Dr. King’s primate behavior text (Routledge 2016) emphasizes the significance of primates in general for understanding the evolution of human behavior. His most recent publications appeared in the Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.