The Man Who Linked Kuru to Cannibalism

Cosmos magazine ^ | May 12, 2016 | Jo Chandler

[SunkenCiv]

• Neanderthal bones show signs of cannibalism [2016]
• How a history of eating human brains protected this tribe from brain disease [2015]
• Syrian Muslims infected with Kuru, a disease of cannibals [2013]
• Cannibalism May Have Wiped Out Neanderthals [2008]
• Neanderthals' Tough Stone AgeLives [2006]
• Theory: Mad Cow May Have Come From Humans [2005]
• New findings on prions suggest BSE risk may be higher than thought [2005]
• Craving Respectability - and Human Flesh [2004]
• No matter how you cut it up, eating people is simply wrong - [2003]

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• (Old Hillary Clinton Secret Service guy) - Here's Why Her 'Fainting' Video Really Scares Me" [2016]
• Is Hillary Clinton a Brain-Damaged Invalid? [2016]
• Hillary Clinton is still seriously ill [2018]

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http://www.google.com/search?q=x-files+cjd+chicken

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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/campiflegrei/index

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• Cannibals: Myth & Reality (San Diego Museum program celebration)
• Pork Fat Ranked Among Top 10 Most Nutritious Foods: Report

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• The Least Harm Principle Suggests that Humans Should Eat Beef, Lamb, Dairy, not a Vegan Diet
• Genetically Modified Pigs Could Ease Organ Shortage

[eldoradude]

[SunkenCiv]

What got this started was the latest reiteration of how those meat-eating Neandertals were cannibals. One comes out every few years. The fact is, Neandertals survived because they threw the best parties — always the smell of meat on the grill, probably including bacon. :^)

Warm Weather Pushed Neanderthals into Cannibalism
Butchered corpses coincide with rapid climate change, researchers discover
Dyani Lewis
March 29, 2019
https://cosmosmagazine.com/archaeology/warm-weather-pushed-neanderthals-into-cannibalism

[SunkenCiv]

I guess if you get hungry enough, everything starts to look like food.

[Notthereyet]

Oh, my. To quote a line from some movie, some where or another, “I think I just threw up a little bit in my mouth.”

That’s the closest comment I can think about after reading that information.

Throughout history famine via wars or floods/drought/government induced acts have driven humans to acts of cannibalism and those who resorted to that act lived with what they did...

I literally thank the Lord that I’ve never been in that type of position. It must be a particular Hell having to make that decision....

[SunkenCiv]

It must have been an unusual circumstance indeed -- or, as the topic article notes, cannibalism may have been a common practice, and may even have been part of the honoring of the dead, as he terms it, "transumption".

[ifinnegan]

“Warm Weather Pushed Neanderthals into Cannibalism”

Lol.

That nasty global warming again.

I’m pretty cynical about the supposed causes of these diseases and characteristics attributed to prions as infectious agents.

Gajdusek is very problematic.

[Monkey Face]

And then there is...did you hear about the cannibal that passed his friend on the street?

;o]

‘Face

[MNDude]

What are the symptoms of kuru?
Symptoms of more common neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease or stroke may resemble kuru symptoms. These include:

difficulty walking
poor coordination
difficulty swallowing
slurred speech
moodiness and behavioral changes
dementia
muscle twitching and tremors
inability to grasp objects
random, compulsive laughing or crying

[Yo-Yo]

[dangus]

So Hillary DOES have kuru!!!

[MayflowerMadam]

And then there’s this ... Did you hear about the cannibal who ate the charismatic missionary? Didn’t taste bad, but he kept throwing up his hands.

[Hot Tabasco]

After death they travel the country on a farewell tour...

Keith Richards with the Rolling Stones?

[MrEdd]

You left out an important one.

cannibalism

[Monkey Face]

LOL!

My mother got me started on those subtle puns, and I’ve never lost my appreciation for them. :o])