A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist’s Unconventional Life Among the Baboons

A Primate's Memoir is a captivating account of a scientist's journey in Africa, offering a unique blend of scientific observations, witty commentary, and poignant storytelling.

Follow Robert Sapolsky as he embarks on a 21-year study of a troop of rambunctious baboons in Kenya, surviving culinary atrocities, gunpoint encounters, and a surreal kidnapping along the way.

This memoir is both an absorbing account of a young man's growing maturity and a tribute to the continent that held him in its thrall.

With cynicism and awe, passion and humor, A Primate's Memoir is a magnum opus from one of our foremost science writers.

Don't miss out on this unforgettable journey into the heart of Africa and the mind of a brilliant scientist.