Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History

by Bill Schutt

Neanderthal Man became the first prehistoric human to be given its own name, a moniker derived from the Neander River Valley, where the presumed first fossils had been uncovered.

the Caribs, who were now being referred to as Canibs. According to scholars, the transition from Carib to Canib apparently resulted from a mispronunciation, although in light of stories describing locals as having canine faces, I agree with Yale professor Claude Rawson that “Canib” may also be a degenerate form of canis, Latin for “dog.” Eventually canib became the root of “cannibal,” which replaced anthropophagi, the ancient Greek mouthful previously used to describe people-eaters.

Lichens are the results of a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and either an algae or a cyanobacterium. The fungi reap the energy benefits of photosynthesis while providing protection to the photosynthetic algae or bacterium.