Incontrovertible evidence of cannibalism has been found at a 900-year-old site in the southwestern United States. Why do horrified critics deny that many societies have found cannibalism acceptable?
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Diamond, J. Talk of cannibalism. Nature 407, 25–26 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35024175
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