Shirley C. Strum is a Professor of Anthropology and a Professor of the Graduate Division, School of Social Sciences, at the University of California, San Diego, and Director of the Uaso Ngiro Baboon Project in Kenya. She is the author of Almost Human: A Journey into the World of Baboons.

Echoes of our Origins... is simultaneously an odyssey into the lives of baboons and a thoughtful reflection about the shifting shapes of nature, science, and the dynamics that define the evolutionary, ecological, and cultural spaces of human and wildlife interactions.—International Journal of Primatology

• PrefacePart One: Decisions and Revisions1. Why Baboons? (1972)2. Learning Baboon (1972–1973)3. The Model Breaks (1972–1981)4. Bitter Harvest (1981–1984)5. The People Problem (1981–1984)6. Re-Homed (1983–1984)7. Strangers in a Strange Land (1984–1988)Part Two: Dispatches from the Field8. Troop Movements (1986–2000)9. Mergers and Acquisitions (1999–2001)10. The Power of Predictability (1972–2008)11. Mob Story (2007–2012)12. Finding Meaning in a Mistake (2012–2015)13. Group Think (2008–2018)Part Three: Parallel Worlds14. Why Baboons Are Not Human: The Matter of Mind15. Why Baboons Are Not Human: Culture and Evolution16. Vindication17. Occupational Hazards18. Interpretations19. Forces of Nature20. Co-existence in a World in FluxAppendicesLegends

Shirley C. Strum is a Professor of Anthropology and a Professor of the Graduate Division, School of Social Sciences, at the University of California, San Diego, and Director of the Uaso Ngiro Baboon Project in Kenya. She is the author of Almost Human: A Journey into the World of Baboons.

Echoes of our Origins... is simultaneously an odyssey into the lives of baboons and a thoughtful reflection about the shifting shapes of nature, science, and the dynamics that define the evolutionary, ecological, and cultural spaces of human and wildlife interactions.—International Journal of Primatology

• PrefacePart One: Decisions and Revisions1. Why Baboons? (1972)2. Learning Baboon (1972–1973)3. The Model Breaks (1972–1981)4. Bitter Harvest (1981–1984)5. The People Problem (1981–1984)6. Re-Homed (1983–1984)7. Strangers in a Strange Land (1984–1988)Part Two: Dispatches from the Field8. Troop Movements (1986–2000)9. Mergers and Acquisitions (1999–2001)10. The Power of Predictability (1972–2008)11. Mob Story (2007–2012)12. Finding Meaning in a Mistake (2012–2015)13. Group Think (2008–2018)Part Three: Parallel Worlds14. Why Baboons Are Not Human: The Matter of Mind15. Why Baboons Are Not Human: Culture and Evolution16. Vindication17. Occupational Hazards18. Interpretations19. Forces of Nature20. Co-existence in a World in FluxAppendicesLegends