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a perfectly natural history

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An edition of Cannibalism (2017)

Cannibalism

a perfectly natural history

First edition.
  • 3.50 ·
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  • 0 Currently reading
  • 2 Have read

"Eating one's own kind is completely natural behavior in thousands of species, including humans. Throughout history we have engaged in cannibalism for reasons relating to famine, burial rites, and medicinal remedies. Cannibalism has been used as a form of terrorism but also as the ultimate expression of filial piety. With unexpected wit and a wealth of knowledge, Bill Schutt, a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History, takes us on a tour of the field, exploring exciting new avenues of research and investigating questions like why so many fish eat their offspring and some amphibians consume their mother's skin; why sexual cannibalism is an evolutionary advantage for certain spiders; why, until the end of the eighteenth century, British royalty regularly ate human body parts; how cannibalism may be linked to the extinction of Neanderthals; why microbes on sacramental bread may have led to Catholics' to persecute European Jews in the Middle Ages. Today, the subject of humans consuming one another has been relegated to the realm of horror movies, fiction, and the occasional psychopath, but be forewarned: As climate change progresses and humans see more famine, disease, and overcrowding, biological and cultural constraints may well disappear. These are the very factors that lead to outbreaks of cannibalism. As he examines these close encounters of the cannibal kind, Bill Schutt makes the ick-factor fascinating"--

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Table of Contents

Animal the cannibal
Go on, eat the kids
Sexual cannibalism or size matters
Quit crowding me
Bear down
Dinosaur cannibals?
File under: weird
Neanderthals and the guys in the other valley
Columbus, caribs and cannibalism
Bones of contention
Cannibalism and the Bible
The worst party ever
Eating people is bad
Eating people is good
Chia skulls and mummy powder
Placenta helper
Cannibalism in the Pacific Islands
Mad cows and Englishmen
Acceptable risk.

Edition Notes

Various printings.

"Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [328]-332.)

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Dewey Decimal Class
394/.909
Library of Congress
GN409 .S38 2017, GN409.S38 2017

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 332 pages
Number of pages
332

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Open Library
OL27228111M
Internet Archive
cannibalismperfe0000schu
ISBN 10
1616204621
ISBN 13
9781616204624
LCCN
2016023112
OCLC/WorldCat
933271956

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