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Know Thyself 3: Primate, Protohuman , and Prehistoric Cannibalism

The History of Being Human

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The History of Cannibalism

In this episode, we learn that our closest primate relatives are cannibals. We're going to learn that our genetic precursors were cannibALS. People who shared our anatomy and our physiology in the time before history were cannibal. And when you look at the cumulative weight of that evidence, you have to say, okay, that's part of who we are,. That's part of our DNA.

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