There’s a new book out on cannibalism, in case you’re interested.  And, yes, you are interested.  It’s called “Among the Cannibals: Adventures on the Trail of Man’s Darkest Ritual” (Smithsonian Books, 278 pages. $25.95), by Paul Raffaele.  Here’s a short summary by Malcolm Ritter.

Here’s an eerie thought: In a world where we worry about the detrimental impact of raising big farm animals to eat, we’re throwing away a lot of perfectly edible humans.   I’m not suggesting that we eat other humans . . .

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