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Know Thyself 3: Primate, Protohuman , and Prehistoric Cannibalism

The History of Being Human

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The Bonobo Behavior of the Orangutan

Why were eight members of the troop involved in consuming this baby bonobo? The second thing that's very strange is why did they take so long to eat her? And no one really knows the answer to that. It's possible that they found it absolutely disgusting, but nobody wanted to be rude and turn it down like that Christmas fruitcake you try to choke down for half an hour.

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