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To: Brumar89 who wrote (27176)	9/24/1999 9:01:00 AM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

The Fore' people in Nu Gini practiced cannibalism as an ordinary part of their burial rites. Because they ate nerve tissue, they transmitted Kuru disease (similar to mad cow disease). Dr. Gajdusek discovered this and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology. He is now in jail for sexual abuse of at least one Fore' boy he brought to America. Cannibalism is a very common and widely practiced characteristic of hunter-gatherer societies. Many ancient human remains show evidence of having been consumed by other humans. (Split marrow bones, etc.) There are a number of known examples of shipwrecked and lost parties engaging in cannibalism. The most famous is the Donner Party. I believe the evidence is overwhelming that cannibalism is widespread in human history, and not only a response to desperation and starvation or triumphalistic ritual.