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(57,513 posts) Thu Apr 6, 2017, 05:02 PM Apr 2017

Cannibalism Study Finds People Are Not That Nutritious

Source: National Geographic

Cannibalism Study Finds People Are Not That Nutritious

While our ancient ancestors did practice cannibalism, eating other humans just couldnt compare with taking down a mammoth.

By Erika Engelhaupt

PUBLISHED April 6, 2017

Note to the prehistoric party planner: One dead mammoth can feed 25 hungry Neanderthals for a month, but cannibalizing a human would provide the crowd with only a third of a days calories.

Essentially, youre a walking lunch.

A new look at the nutritional value of human flesh shows that, compared with other Paleolithic prey animals, humans werent especially packed with calories for their size.

When you compare us to other animals, were not very nutritional at all, says study author James Cole of the University of Brighton, who published his work Thursday in Scientific Reports.*
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Erika Engelhaupt is a science journalist and editor. She writes the blog Gory Details at National Geographic.

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* http://nature.com/articles/doi:10.1038/srep44707

Read more: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/04/human-cannibalism-nutrition-archaeology-science/

So if you were making plans for dinner....

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Cannibalism Study Finds People Are Not That Nutritious (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2017 OP

News you can use! Fast Walker 52 Apr 2017 #1

"You just haven't had them made right." - Jeffrey Dahmer mac56 Apr 2017 #2

Too soon..j/k hibbing Apr 2017 #7

Maybe well done, with ketchup? (n/t) Jim Lane Apr 2017 #38

"Cannibals Anonymous" R B Garr Apr 2017 #39

Someone needs to tell these guys... jpak Apr 2017 #3

I'm trying to quit, but they taste so damn good. It's always the stuff that's bad for you... JCanete Apr 2017 #4

Long pig, they call it. nt tblue37 Apr 2017 #33

suddenly hungry for long bacon. JCanete Apr 2017 #37

Nonsense, I'd think humans are easy meat compared to a raging mammoth Baclava Apr 2017 #5

Just ask leapords and lions... paleotn Apr 2017 #18

Republicans are full of fat and grizzle.. Historic NY Apr 2017 #6

LOL skylucy Apr 2017 #14

A hard long boil does not work either. Doreen Apr 2017 #20

Quick! Someone notify Toto Coelo!!!! Coventina Apr 2017 #8

You tell everybody. Listen to me. Hatcher. Thomas Hurt Apr 2017 #9

junk food Marthe48 Apr 2017 #10

Republicans ARE junk food. MFM008 Apr 2017 #26

agree 100% Marthe48 Apr 2017 #30

So much for Betsy DeVos's school lunch plans. mac56 Apr 2017 #11

hehe...I think she'll be undeterred. nt JCanete Apr 2017 #22

And that, apparently, ignores kuru. longship Apr 2017 #12

Anyone remember the epic movie... yallerdawg Apr 2017 #13

Loved it MFM008 Apr 2017 #27

Well duh, McDonalds, Popeyes, Dairy Queen, shall I go on? YOHABLO Apr 2017 #15

It's a vegetarian / vegan plot. MicaelS Apr 2017 #16

Personally (get it?), I find them to be kind of gamey, too. joet67 Apr 2017 #17

An advantage is that when 25 Neanderthals attack a mammoth csziggy Apr 2017 #19

Loved that game. Kaleva Apr 2017 #24

It was fun but I never had time to spend on it to get very far csziggy Apr 2017 #31

What do old people taste like? GliderGuider Apr 2017 #21

nutrition was never discussed in my research for a HS cannibalism paper. pansypoo53219 Apr 2017 #23

Why are we peeps known as "long pig"? spiderpig Apr 2017 #25

Jerky, what else are Republicans good for? Throck Apr 2017 #28

Someone tell Paul Ryan not fooled Apr 2017 #29

So, you mean we won't have any Soylent Green? SummerSnow Apr 2017 #32

But are they delicious? Flaleftist Apr 2017 #34

And yet, THE GOP is doubling down on Soylent Green ThoughtCriminal Apr 2017 #35

fun Rammstein video (perhaps NSFW) cvoogt Apr 2017 #36

"I'm wondering what sort of advertisement Google will select for the people who click ..." area51 Apr 2017 #40

I got "Three Signs of a Fatty Liver" nt Dale Neiburg Apr 2017 #41

But do they taste like chicken? dalton99a Apr 2017 #42

You're just trying to ruin my Peopleburger franchise scheme. tclambert Apr 2017 #43

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)

1. News you can use!

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 05:05 PM

Apr 2017

mac56

(17,572 posts)

2. "You just haven't had them made right." - Jeffrey Dahmer

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 05:12 PM

Apr 2017

hibbing

(10,098 posts)

7. Too soon..j/k

Reply to mac56 (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 05:20 PM

Apr 2017

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)

38. Maybe well done, with ketchup? (n/t)

Reply to mac56 (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 7, 2017, 01:42 AM

Apr 2017

R B Garr

(16,954 posts)

39. "Cannibals Anonymous"

Reply to mac56 (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 7, 2017, 02:08 AM

Apr 2017

I heard he made a Cannibals Anonymous group while in prison. It was on some bio show I saw about him years ago.

jpak

(41,758 posts)

3. Someone needs to tell these guys...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 05:15 PM

Apr 2017

JCanete

(5,272 posts)

4. I'm trying to quit, but they taste so damn good. It's always the stuff that's bad for you...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 05:17 PM

Apr 2017

tblue37

(65,414 posts)

33. Long pig, they call it. nt

Reply to JCanete (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 11:29 PM

Apr 2017

JCanete

(5,272 posts)

37. suddenly hungry for long bacon.

Reply to tblue37 (Reply #33)

Fri Apr 7, 2017, 01:01 AM

Apr 2017

Baclava

(12,047 posts)

5. Nonsense, I'd think humans are easy meat compared to a raging mammoth

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 05:18 PM

Apr 2017

Tastes just like pork

or so they say

Cannibalism, Brazil. Engraving by Theodor de Bry to illustrate Hans Staden's account of his captivity in 1557

paleotn

(17,931 posts)

18. Just ask leapords and lions...

Reply to Baclava (Reply #5)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 06:44 PM

Apr 2017

they've been preying on Homo sapiens for a very long time. If you want a quick bite, just snatch one of those weird, bipedal apes. No horns, no tusks, no claws, no fangs. A few rocks and a stick or two and it's lunch time.

Historic NY

(37,451 posts)

6. Republicans are full of fat and grizzle..

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 05:19 PM

Apr 2017

boil them longer.

skylucy

(3,739 posts)

14. LOL

Reply to Historic NY (Reply #6)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 05:57 PM

Apr 2017

Doreen

(11,686 posts)

20. A hard long boil does not work either.

Reply to Historic NY (Reply #6)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 08:03 PM

Apr 2017

Meat tenderizer will not work and the dog will not even touch Republican.

Coventina

(27,125 posts)

8. Quick! Someone notify Toto Coelo!!!!

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 05:23 PM

Apr 2017

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)

9. You tell everybody. Listen to me. Hatcher.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 05:25 PM

Apr 2017

You've gotta tell 'em! SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE! We gotta stop them! Somehow! Listen! Listen to me… PLEASE!!!

Marthe48

(16,975 posts)

10. junk food

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 05:33 PM

Apr 2017

always popular with humans

MFM008

(19,818 posts)

26. Republicans ARE junk food.

Reply to Marthe48 (Reply #10)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 10:35 PM

Apr 2017

Marthe48

(16,975 posts)

30. agree 100%

Reply to MFM008 (Reply #26)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 10:54 PM

Apr 2017

a bunch of wieners.

mac56

(17,572 posts)

11. So much for Betsy DeVos's school lunch plans.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 05:45 PM

Apr 2017

JCanete

(5,272 posts)

22. hehe...I think she'll be undeterred. nt

Reply to mac56 (Reply #11)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 09:57 PM

Apr 2017

longship

(40,416 posts)

12. And that, apparently, ignores kuru.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 05:47 PM

Apr 2017

Google it.

Or, Google "Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease"

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)

13. Anyone remember the epic movie...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 05:49 PM

Apr 2017

"Quest for Fire"?

MFM008

(19,818 posts)

27. Loved it

Reply to yallerdawg (Reply #13)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 10:36 PM

Apr 2017

Watched it 20 times.

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)

15. Well duh, McDonalds, Popeyes, Dairy Queen, shall I go on?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 06:20 PM

Apr 2017

MicaelS

(8,747 posts)

16. It's a vegetarian / vegan plot.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 06:38 PM

Apr 2017

Always telling us meat is bad.

joet67

(624 posts)

17. Personally (get it?), I find them to be kind of gamey, too.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 06:38 PM

Apr 2017

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

19. An advantage is that when 25 Neanderthals attack a mammoth

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 07:20 PM

Apr 2017

There won't be 25 that have to be fed afterwards.

While I was never very good at the old video game Age of Empires I did learn that before your clan attacked an elephant you need at least seven or eight people. Then you might lose one or two, but if you attacked with four or five people, you'd be lucky if one survived to run away and the elephant usually did survive.

Kaleva

(36,314 posts)

24. Loved that game.

Reply to csziggy (Reply #19)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 10:21 PM

Apr 2017

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

31. It was fun but I never had time to spend on it to get very far

Reply to Kaleva (Reply #24)

Thu Apr 6, 2017, 11:02 PM

Apr 2017

I think my guys made it up to early Bronze Age a few times. I carried the CD through several Windows generations, starting over from scratch each time.

Once I got a computer with good enough graphics and a decent scanner, I have spent much more time scanning photos and family documents than playing intricate games. These days by the time I am ready for a game, it's something simple like Solitaire.

In fact, I spent most of today sorting out all the files I downloaded from my Dad's computer and the stuff I have scanned since he passed away. I'm not allowed to bring home files such as his Navy Service Records (or Mom's) but now I have the scans and can fit those into the sequence of the letters he wrote home during World War II.

Tomorrow I have to set up a 4TB external drive to backup photos and documents so I have room on the internal drive to scan more stuff.