Preferred Shelf Number:
394.909 SCH
First Title value, for Searching:
Cannibalism : a perfectly natural history
First Author value, for Searching:
Schutt, Bill, author.
ISBN:
9781616204624
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Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
xviii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
General Note:
"Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited"--Copyright page.
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 -- One step beyond.
Abstract:
"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 ... Bill Schutt, a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History, takes us on a tour of the field, exploring ... new avenues of research"-- Provided by publisher.
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