Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History

by Bill Schutt

Book Overview

"Surprising. Impressive. Cannibalism restores my faith in humanity." --Sy Montgomery, The New York Times Book Review

For centuries scientists have written off cannibalism as a bizarre phenomenon with little biological significance. Its presence in nature was dismissed as a desperate response to starvation or other life-threatening circumstances, and few spent time studying it. A taboo subject in our culture, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616207434
• ISBN13: 9781616207434
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Book is fantastic, the condition is not

I love the content and the references and the writing style. I don't even made the pencil-written checkmarks that seem to coincide with the parts I also find most interesting. I can overlook the torn page in the prologue. The reason why this book lost a star is because I can't overlook the lack of dust jacket. This book was meant to be in "good condition". Dust covers may be missing if the condition is only acceptable, but I can't find where it says they may be missing in cases of good condition.

Great book

I read this cover to cover in a day, it was that good.