I eat cannibals, it's incredible, you bring out the animal in me, I eat cannibals

Posted by MacDood
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Cannibalism was widespread and routine. Citing archaeological evidence and recent findings in molecular biology, archaeologist Timothy Taylor, author of The Buried Soul: How Humans Invented Death, says that cannibalism has been the norm in the past, and the more interesting question is why particular societies gave it up. (Previous discussions of cannibalism here and here.) [metafilter.com]