Bison Or Brian? From A Calorie Perspective, Cannibalism Didn't Pay For Paleo Humans

Source http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/04/06/522880018/what-s-the-dietary-value-of-a-human?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thesalt

Archaeological records show ancient humans sometimes ate each other. A new study suggests that hunting and eating other humans cost too much effort to be a regular thing. So why’d they do it?

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Source http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/04/06/522880018/what-s-the-dietary-value-of-a-human?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=thesalt

Archaeological records show ancient humans sometimes ate each other. A new study suggests that hunting and eating other humans cost too much effort to be a regular thing. So why’d they do it?

(Image credit: Publiphoto/Science Source)

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