14 Dec
2001
14 Dec
'01
12:07 p.m.
On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Carlos Murillo wrote:
There has been a debate among antropologists about the
prevalence of
cannibalism in most old cultures. The thing is, now that they have
started to seriously analyze the evidence, they are finding that it
was the norm rather than the exception. It was a case of not wanting
to look for evidence of it. Anatomically modern humans have existed
for 100K years or more; only recently have a lot of us become
anti-cannibalistic. There is a recent article in Scientific American.
If you're going to eat cow or pig or horse or squirrel, why not human?
It's all just protein in the end.
(Well, in the end it's something else, but when it goes in it's protein.)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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