Polar Bears May Be Turning to Cannibalism
Longer seasons without ice keep them from getting to their natural food. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP)-Polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea may be turning to cannibalism because longer seasons without ice keep them from getting to their natural ... [... more]
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Eat Thy Neighbour: A History of Cannibalism
 Colorful but Unreliable: Eat Thy Neighbour is nothing if not engaging. From the lurid detail of a Goya painting of Saturn devouring one of his children on the dust jacket to the details of case after case of cannibalism, the book is a romp through the [... more]
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Cannibalism: Human aggression and cultural form (Harper ...
Cannibalism: Human aggression and cultural form (Harper torchbooks ; TB 1830) [... more]
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Ethnography Of Cannibalism
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Divine Hunger: Cannibalism as a Cultural System
The practice of cannibalism is in certain cultures rejected as evil, while in others it plays a central part in the ritual order. Anthropologists have offered various explanations for the existence of cannibalism, none of which, Peggy Sanday claims, is [... more]
$30.24
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Kuru
Kuru is an extremely rare disease. It is caused by an infectious protein (prion) found in contaminated human brain tissue. Kuru is found almost exclusively among people from New Guinea, who practiced a form of cannibalism in which the brains of ... [... more]
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Sagramanda by Alan Dean Foster - a review - SF/Fantasy Books
The title city of Sagramanda in Alan Dean Foster's "Novel of Near-Future India" is an overpopulated and chaotic metropolis. Riots crop up daily and some poorer inhabitants have taken to cannibalism. Add to that an elusive serial killer and a ... [... more]
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Myth Busted: Dinosaur Not a Cannibal
A dinosaur species long accused of cannibalism and infanticide is finally having the charges against it lifted and its reputation restored. A new re-examination of two Coelophysis specimens reveal the dinosaur did not eat its young after all. ... [... more]
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Study: Cannibals Usually Dine Alone
Diseases spread by cannibalism are rare. New calculations suggest this is because cannibals usually dine solo. Cannibalism is rampant in the animal kingdom, including among some humans in the past. Since germs can sneak from victims to predators, ... [... more]
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Cannibalism Rife in Mormon Cricket Swarms
No rest for the weary; swarming Mormon crickets cannibalize slow pokes. Every year, millions of Mormon crickets swarm in a frenzied search for food. Turns out the dinner plate is often heaped with their slower brethren. Mormon crickets aren't ... [... more]
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Science News for Kids: Snapshot: Big Galaxy Swallows ...
Astronomers find a convincing case of a large galaxy caught in the act of eating a smaller one. It's hard to imagine being so hungry that you'd eat another person. Yet, cannibalism occurs among animals and elsewhere in nature. Even galaxies do ... [... more]
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Consuming Grief: Compassionate Cannibalism in an ...
A Grand Text and Appropriate for Our Age: This book is one of the best, I own on the subject matter. Very well done and extreemely detailed. I bought a second copy and gave it away as a Christmas gift this year, at my company Christmas party. It was a [... more]
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