Cannibalism: References & Edit History
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Article title updated for style. | Nov 06, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - The cannibalistic trade-off: Why human cannibalism emerges and why taboos suppress it. | Sep 11, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Immunology - Cannibalism of exogenous DNA sequences: The ancestral form of adaptive immunity which entails recognition of danger. | Aug 30, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: White Rose Research Online - Eating Human Beings: Varieties of Cannibalism and the Heterogeneity of Human Life (PDF). | May 23, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Scientific Reports - Assessing the calorific significance of episodes of human cannibalism in the Palaeolithic. | Feb 24, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Cannibalismoverview and medicolegal issues. | Jan 16, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Brighton - Research and Knowledge Exchange - Human cannibalism: the calorific significance of human cannibalism in the Palaeolithic era. | Dec 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cell - Human evolution: A legacy of cannibalism in our genes? | May 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Eating Human Beings: Varieties of Cannibalism and the Heterogeneity of Human Life. | Mar 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Public Radio - When People Ate People, A Strange Disease Emerged. | Dec 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Natural History Museum - Oldest evidence of human cannibalism as a funerary practice. | Oct 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Cannibalismoverview and medicolegal issues. | Aug 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Cannibalismoverview and medicolegal issues. | Aug 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Cannibalism: It's 'Perfectly Natural,' A New Scientific History Argues. | Jul 07, 2023 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jun 04, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - Ultimate Taboo: Exploring World of Cannibals. | Dec 13, 2019 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Oct 18, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Marital Exchange and Cannibalizm. | Mar 20, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cornell Law School - Legal Information Institute - Cannibalism. | Mar 21, 2013 | ||
| Engraving by Theodor de Bry depicting cannibalism among Indians added. | Aug 30, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - How Cannibalism Works. | Nov 18, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: h2g2 - Cannibalism. | Jul 13, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Hyperhistory.net - cannibalism. | Jul 13, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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