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Shedding the Barbaric Stereotype Associated with Cannibalism
, 2023 Cannibalism, the consumption of human body parts, has been a part of important cultural traditions throughout history. Despite European perceptions of cannibalism as barbaric, it remained a common practice in many communities.
Kim, Eric
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Recent archaeological discoveries, reviewed in this essay, challenge traditional views on the emergence of human symbolic cognition. Once believed to have originated in Europe around 40,000 years ago, new evidence shows it emerged much earlier across diverse regions.
Francesco d'Errico +3 more
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Cannibalism and Easter Island [PDF]
, 2005 It is nearly impossible to discuss cannibalism on Easter Island without first discussing cannibalism in general - largely because the subject of cannibalism is sensitive and controversial. And, especially since the publication of William Arens's book The
McLaughlin, Shawn
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Zabijanie opowieści. Dyskurs kanibalistyczny w historii i literaturze ludu Basotho
Er(r)go, 2003 Johann van Wyk Killing a Story: The Discourse of Cannibalism in the History and Literature of the Basotho This essay explores the theme of cannibalism in the historical and literary textsrelating to the Basotho.
Johan van Wyk
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Gough's Cave is a key archaeological site that has been at heart of British archaeology for the past century. Professor Chris Stringer, whom this special issue honours, has been a key figure in excavations and research projects at the site for many decades.
William A. Marsh
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Frontiers in Marine ScienceCannibalism is reported here for the first time in the hydrothermal vent crab Xenograpsus testudinatus, an endemic species inhabiting sulfur-rich shallow vent ecosystems.
Jishnu Panamoly Ayyappan +5 more
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O canibal partido ao meio: perspectivas de sacrifício, canibalismo e antropofagia na literatura tupinológica [PDF]
, 2012 Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Programa de Pós-graduação em Antropologia Social, Florianópolis, 2009Este trabalho é um estudo acerca das sucessivas dicotomizações que a figura do ...
Moraes, Caléu Nilson
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An incident of polar bear infanticide and cannibalism on Phippsøya, Svalbard
, 2007 A case of polar bear infanticide and cannibalism is reported from Phippsøya, Svalbard. In this instance, a cub of some 7 months was killed by an adult male bear, which was in poor condition, in the close proximity of the mother,which was also in poor ...
Stone, I.R., Derocher, A.E.
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Presence of conspecific females motivates egg cannibalism owing to lower risk of filial cannibalism [PDF]
, 2013 A cannibal has to weigh the benefits of the consumption and removal of competing conspecifics against the potential loss of fitness through filial cannibalism.
Rosenheim, Jay A., Law, Yao Hua
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‘More Beastliness Than Beauty’: Gendering Pica in Seventeenth‐Century English Medicine and Culture
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Today, defined as the ‘persistent eating of non‐nutritive substances’, pica is a lesser‐known eating disorder with a long history. Defined in early modern England as the ‘desire to eat absurd things’, pica was explicitly gendered, associated with pregnant women and pubescent girls.
Helena C. Aeberli
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