[UA] cannibalism

[David M Jacobs]

At 12:35 AM 20/09/2003 -0400, Scott  Jenks wrote:

>kuru- There is no victim or "leftovers", the cannibalism was ritual 
>cannibalism of the dead as a sign of respect (sort of having them live on 
>inside you). I'm not sure but it might of been women and children who did 
>the rites and thus suffered from the disease.

There's a short article on kuru and Fore funerary practice at 
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993615 .


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