"Kettle polish" is a type of empirical evidence for this phenomenon, which William Arens calledan anthropological myth.
"Kettle polish" is a type of empirical evidence for this phenomenon, which William Arens calledan anthropological myth. Christy Turner argued that this practice drove the evacuation of ChacoCanyon's settlements, and coprolite samples from Cowboy Wash suggest the Anasazi engaged in thispractice before their society collapsed. A Marvin Harris book pairing its practitioners with "Kings"posits that it served as a sort of luxury good in Aztec society due to the lack of abundant (*) protein.The Fore tribe in Papua New Guinea was ravaged by the brain disease kuru as a result of engaging in thispractice, which transmitted misfolded proteins from the dead to the living. For 10 points, name thisoften-taboo act, the savory consumption of human flesh.
"Kettle polish" is a type of empirical evidence for this phenomenon, which William Arens calledan anthropological myth.
cannibalism [or anthropophagy, or colloquial equivalents such as eating people or cooking  people; accept eating human brains; prompt on just "cooking," "eating meat," etc.]