Our Timeline

Welcome to our timeline! It links together all of the articles on Baboon Clockwork. Each of the circles in the center of the timeline will take you to a post about a certain period of life if you click on the circle. Take a look at our timeline for a unique way to browse our articles.

Mini-Documentary

This mini-documentary, made by Penn High School students Camryn and Carter, is about the diverse diet of a baboon. There is also content on the variety of baboons and their microbiomes.

Microbiomes in Baboons: Evolution

The most common misconception ever is that humans evolved from apes. Even though they didn’t, that doesn’t mean baboon and human microbiomes are similar, does it?

Baboon Microbiomes and Health

“Everyone in here has a different microbiome, it’s like a fingerprint.” quoted Dr. Elizabeth Archie, a professor at the University of Notre Dame. A human’s microbiome helps the human stay healthy by doing certain jobs. An example of this process would be the gut microbiome digesting food. But what do microbiomes have to do with baboons and their health?

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Baboons’ Microbiomes and Behaviors

What do baboons, microbiomes, and social behaviors all have in common? Us.

Infancy and Parenting

There are multiple parenting styles that affect infant baboons and their chances of survival. These include restrictive parenting, permissive parenting, and the less common, “allomothering”.

The differences in rates of puberty between racial/subspecial groups

It has been shown that some subspecies of baboons start puberty earlier than others. This trend has also been shown in racial groups in humans.

Stress and its Effects

Stress can cause problems in multiple different ways. Now, how is it affecting your children? This infographic goes through the effects of stress and how it relates to baboons.

Physical and Social Changes From Infancy to Adolescence and Connection to Humans

Just like every animal on Earth, baboons go through many physical changes during adolescence. These changes can be both compared and contrasted to the changes that humans go through during puberty.