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... human flesh when other foods are available . I am not going to explain the practice of people eating when the only food available is human flesh . That kind of people eating occurs the world over from time to time regardless of whether ...
... human flesh when other foods are available . I am not going to explain the practice of people eating when the only food available is human flesh . That kind of people eating occurs the world over from time to time regardless of whether ...
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... human flesh . They are warriors involved in the process of stalking , killing , and tor- turing their fellow humans ... human flesh ; they obtained human flesh as a by - product of going to war . Their consumption of the flesh of ...
... human flesh . They are warriors involved in the process of stalking , killing , and tor- turing their fellow humans ... human flesh ; they obtained human flesh as a by - product of going to war . Their consumption of the flesh of ...
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... human flesh or horseflesh must be equally taboo , alive or dead . I should also point out that the temptation to consume forbidden flesh could not have been as great among officers and aristocrats as among commoners . It was easier for ...
... human flesh or horseflesh must be equally taboo , alive or dead . I should also point out that the temptation to consume forbidden flesh could not have been as great among officers and aristocrats as among commoners . It was easier for ...
Contents
ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
Copyright | |
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