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Know Thyself 3: Primate, Protohuman , and Prehistoric Cannibalism

The History of Being Human

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Cannibalism Among the Great Apes

Among chimpanzees who have 98.7% of the same DNA we do, it's a way of life. Homo antacessor is the precursor for both Neanderthals and humans. And in those conditions, infanticide might confer some survival advantage on them. Well with that, I'm going to leave our survey of cannibalism among the great apes.

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