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Any proof that cannibalism was prevalent in preagricultural era, or are you just dropping in some more mythology? Also there are more slaves in absolute terms

Any proof that cannibalism was prevalent in preagricultural era, or are you just dropping in some more mythology? Also there are more slaves in absolute terms today than at any other time. Not sure what agriculture and messing with ecosystems has to do with the human urge to enslave and kill each other.

simonh 6y ago
We have copious evidence of prehistoric cannibalism in the form of human body proteins in preserved coprolites, and human bones with butchering marks and human teeth marks. https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/assemblage/html/9/cole.html https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/assemblag...
- samatman 6y ago
  Yeah it's not even vaguely controversial, just something people don't want to hear, because they confuse their food taboos and morality for some kind of human universal, or moral absolute, and think I'm saying "evil" when I say "cannibal". How dare I call them evil, I never even met them! Nah. Cannibalism is basal human behavior. Strong taboos against it are a good idea, but also a relatively recent one, viewed across all of human history.