Biologist and author Bill Schutt has a new book out: Cannibalism: A perfectly natural history.
He and I talked about cannibalism on Ikonokast: Click here to check it out! It is was a fun interview, and Bill's book is excellent.
See also:
You Come From Cannibals
Among Cannibals
Cannibal, Native, Indigenous
On Cannibalism and Jameson
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I have lived among Cannibals, according to a lot of people who claim to know.
I have lived among Cannibals, according to a lot of people who claim to know.
A recent twitter conversation prompted me to dig up some old posts on cannibalism, and maybe a few memories of my time in Central Africa.
Cannibalism has been documented again and again in archaeological contexts, as part of normative human behavior. Here's a recent report (I've not looked yet at the original) from the German Neolithic:
During a morals debate a xtian why don't I just eat people then?? My answer...There is so many toxic parts to humans that eating your own species is very dangerous! And that is also why I think plain burial is also bad!