ORIGIN OF PIECES
AN ANATOMICAL MISCELLANY
A baboon’s backside
Scientists haven’t quite got to the bottom of the florid sexual swellings on the behinds of female baboons They are most spectacular in the fertile phase of the reproductive cycle, when males show the greatest interest. However, it’s not clear that females with the fruitiest booties enjoy greater success. In mandrills, it’s the males that have the rum bums – the more dominant the male, the more louche the tush.