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‘Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History’
The phrase “eating your young” implies a brutal and savage nature. Au contraire, says zoologist Bill Schutt . He’s studied cannibalism extensively in animals and humans and has found that it occurs much more commonly than we’d like to think. His new book is “ Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History .”
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readThe phrase “eating your young” implies a brutal and savage nature. Au contraire, says zoologist Bill Schutt. He’s studied cannibalism extensively in animals and humans and has found that it occurs much more commonly than we’d like to think. His new book is “Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History.” Squeamish listeners might want to turn down the volume for this segment; some of it might be disturbing.
