Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History by Bill Schutt

Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History

Bill Schutt with Patricia Wynne, Patricia Wynne (Illustrator)

332 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
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For centuries scientists have written off cannibalism as a bizarre phenomenon with little biological significance. Its presence in nature was dismissed as a desperate response to starvation or other life-threatening circumstances, and few spent ti...

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