This common motif in cultural history indicates that cannibalism often symbolizes "others" that are less than fully human in some way. The imputation of anthropophagy draws a boundary between "us" and "them," the civilized and uncivilized, in a manner that depicts humans as emerging from a ...
A case of alleged cannibalism involving one of the victims of the so-called Snowtown serial killings in South Australia, Australia, is reported with an analysis of the history and features of cannibalism. Forensic problems may occur in accurately identifying remains that have been cannibalized; ...
So what has archaeology revealed about cannibalism among prehistoric societies? And if cannibalism does seem to have been practised among certain groups, then why? Appalachian State University’s Dr Marc Kissel dialled in from North Carolina to talk us through several cases of potential cannibalism ...
Cannibalism, or anthropophagy, is the consumption of the flesh of one human by another. The word “cannibalism” itself comes from the Spanish “Canibales” – a name for the Carib tribe in the West Indies thought to engage in ritualistic cannibalism. The term “cannibalism” can also be use...
( 1990 ) Cannibalism in a female badger ( Meles meles ): infanticide or predation ? Journal of Zoology , 221 , 314 315 .Lüps, P., and T. J. Roper. 1990. Cannibalism in a female badger ( Meles meles ): infanticide or predation? Journal of Zoology (London) 221 : 314–315.Lu¨ ...
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Add in the fact that we’re a large university with almost thirty thousand students, where students from high schools from all over the US come to study. Something they have in common is that in those students high school history classes, they were taught that slavery was a terrible ...
“Bill Schutt’sCannibalism: A Perfectly Natural Historyoffers a surprisingly fun and absorbing look at a rather unsavory subject.”– Pamela Paul (Editor,New York Times Book Review) “Refreshing… A jolly book, written in a breezy style, but the research behind it is impressive.”– Sy Montg...
"That it is unlikely to have been a one-off event makes it even more important that its story is told," Schulting said, according to The Guardian. "Whoever did this would have been feared: this would have resonated, I think, through time and space in that particular region, probably for...
Presumably, in a parallel world, decaffeinated vegans would be the real delicacy. Arens's argument is that the belief in cannibalism is the result of a sort of intercultural slander (akin to the Orientalist bias dissected by Edward Said), that most … ...