Posted on 05/07/2018 12:07:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Stole my thunder :)
Eating Brains: Cannibal Tribe Evolved Resistance To Fatal Disease
The travelers traded food for sex?
How The Sweet Potato Crossed The Pacific Way Before The Europeans Did
In the South Pacific islands of Melanesia and Borneo, there is a retrovirus that works very much like HIV, and is called “Kuru” or the “shaking sickness”.
It has been traced to the practice of the ceremonial eating of a deceased relatives brains.
This may or may not be related, but it has a ring of similarity based upon the location, and ethnic origins of the people involved.
Of course, I wouldn’t want to be “judgemental” of indigenous religious or cultural practices....it just rang a bell.
If, indeed this were the origin of this pathogen, it would be considered very culturally insensitive and politically incorrect to even mention it!
Only 'cause you were late to the mummy thread. ;D
or more pointedly sex with mummy thread. lol
The Daddy.
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