> The best overview of this practice I could find was chatGPT [link], so all of the (now) usual caveats. It lists practices in dozens of societies spread across

> The best overview of this practice I could find was chatGPT [link], so all of the (now) usual caveats. It lists practices in dozens of societies spread across every continent[8]. I don't understand why an article that starts with scholarly pretense would throw that in there. (If the best overview you could find was ChatGPT output, and you're suggesting the usual caveats apply, why not go validate what it said, from reputable sources, rather than passing through suspected bad information?)