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Jan 22, 2022 · Few topics cause more intense feelings of revulsion than cannibalism. To Western sensibilities, the consumption of another human’s flesh seems abhorrent, vile, and morally wrong.
Oct 13, 2016 · Cannibalism involves eating other humans, which is not nice, but even worse, it can kill you, too. Human beings have been eating each other for a long time, with mixed consequences. The first known case dates back 100,000 years, when Neanderthals in France ate their kind, according to the BBC.
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Feb 17, 2015 · Specifically, eating the brain of another human being can cause kuru — a brain disease that’s similar to mad cow disease. Kuru occurs because our brains contain prions that transmit the disease....
Jun 21, 2017 · But if you’re really keen on living past your posthumous snack, it’s their brain that you have to watch out for—the brain and those pesky prions. WHAT IS A PRION? A prion is a misfolded protein that causes prion diseases or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs).
In general, it's a bad idea to eat the same species simply based on a disease transmission perspective. (I'm sure there are plenty of psychological issues involved as well.) But a major concern in animal production is transmissible spongiform encephalitis (TSE) or the more popular: mad cow disease.
May 10, 2024 · Experts explain how certain worms can infect the brain and why they are an important global public health problem. By Lauren J. Young. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of an axial section...
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The human brain contains a protein that, when ingested, can cause your brain to form abnormal folds. It is one of the Prion diseases. Another version of this is Mad Cow disease.
