Our ancestors were cannibals – and probably not because they needed the calories
A new study estimates the nutritional value of human flesh and challenges the belief that prehistoric humans engaged in cannibalism just to fill their stomachs.
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Flakka is a dangerous drug, but it doesn’t turn you into a zombie
Flakka was believed to be behind two cannibalistic attacks in Florida that left one man blind and a married couple dead. It wasn't so. Here's why we need facts, not myths, about dangerous drugs.
Cannibalism at Cannes: why eating humans holds us in thrall
The dangerously alluring figure of the cannibal has long undermined the taboo status of cannibalistic practice.
Hidden housemates: the Australian redback spider
Be thankful you aren't a male redback spider.
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