![]() But the true nature of cannibalism-the role it plays in evolution as well as human history-is even more intriguing (and more normal) than the misconceptions we've come to accept as fact. A taboo subject in our culture, the behavior was portrayed mostly through horror movies or tabloids sensationalizing the crimes of real-life flesh-eaters. ![]() Its presence in nature was dismissed as a desperate response to starvation or other life-threatening circumstances, and few spent time studying it. ![]() "A masterful and compulsively readable book that challenges our preconceived notions about a behavior often sensationalized in our culture and, until just recently, misunderstood in the scientific world." -Ian Tattersall, Curator Emeritus, American Museum of Natural History, and author of The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossackįor centuries scientists have written off cannibalism as a bizarre phenomenon with little biological significance. ![]()
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