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  2. Human cannibalism - Wikipedia

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    Human cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal. The meaning of "cannibalism" has been extended into zoology to describe animals consuming parts of individuals of the same species as food.

  3. Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human - Wikipedia

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    Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human is a 2009 book by British primatologist Richard Wrangham, published by Profile Books in England, and Basic Books in the US. It argues the hypothesis that cooking food was an essential element in the physiological evolution of human beings. It was shortlisted for the 2010 Samuel Johnson Prize.

  4. List of incidents of cannibalism - Wikipedia

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    Bar-Jonah, who had sexual fantasies about eating human flesh, possessed a journal written in code which, when decoded, was found to contain a number of recipes for cooking and eating children. Neighbours recalled that he often hosted barbecues where he served "funny-tasting meat" that he claimed to have personally hunted despite never going ...

  5. List of common misconceptions about arts and culture

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    Braising meat does not add moisture; it causes it to lose some moisture. Moisture appears to be added when the gentle cooking breaks down connective tissue and collagen, which lubricates and tenderizes fibers. [16] [17] Mussels and clams that do not open when cooked can still be fully cooked and safe to eat. [18] [19] [20] [better source needed]

  6. Nile - Wikipedia

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    The Nile [b] (also known as the Nile River or River Nile) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea . The Nile is the longest river in Africa.

  7. Eating nuts, popcorn, or seeds does not increase the risk of diverticulitis. [355] These foods may actually have a protective effect. [356] Eating less than an hour before swimming does not significantly increase the risk of experiencing muscle cramps, and does not increase the risk of drowning.

  8. Cannibalism in Africa - Wikipedia

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    People did not want to waste an opportunity to eat good meat when they saw one, and the lives of enemies or outsiders were of no concern to them. [30] His colleague Percy Amaury Talbot observed the same among the Igbo and other inhabitants of southern Nigeria: human flesh was eaten because of a "great longing for meat". Most people considered ...

  9. Meat - Wikipedia

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    But Voltaire and Rousseau disagreed; Rousseau argued that meat-eating is a social rather than a natural act, because children are not interested in meat. [161] Later philosophers examined the changing practices of eating meat in the modern age as part of a process of detachment from animals as living beings.