Word: cannibalisme
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You reported the discovery that "at least some Neanderthals butchered, ate and disposed of their kin" [SCIENCE, Oct. 11]. Whether or not modern man acknowledges having some Neanderthal genes, there is ample evidence that cannibalism, a horror of history, has been widely practiced among many past populations and in the...
(2 of 2) McCain can take comfort from the fact that a day of Republican cannibalism rites (performed while Democrats looked on in bemused horror) didn?t harm his chances of picking up those votes. That?s because those chances remain at slim to none, and to mangle the old...
The scientists can't say whether Neanderthals engaged in cannibalism only during famines or whether it was a regular part of their life. Either way, the finding deals a fatal blow to the image of a kinder, gentler caveman.
Which is not to say that all these cartoons are inane and depend on slap-stick comedy or just good old plain perversion to draw (sometimes uncomfortable) chuckles. Some of these cartoons attempt to make legitimate social commentary! The Beckers, for example, a parody of the '50s ideal of the...
An item neglected in the rush of the week's news: it was revealed that Russell Eugene Weston Jr., who stormed the U.S. Capitol last summer, killing two police officers, did it because he feared being contaminated by "Black Heva," a blight that he considered "the deadliest disease known to...