Actually, the number of instances when modern humans have faced starvation without resorting to cannibalism far outnumber those few remarkable cases when they have.
37 posted on 12/04/2006 8:09:37 PM PST by AntiGuv
("..I do things for political expediency.." - Sen. John McCain on FOX News)
Regina v. Dudley and Stephens. I remember the case well, when I was in law school before rocks cooled. The issue that interested the law school class the most, is how to decide who got the short straw. The issue of scarifying the few for the many was stipulated to. That seemed "obvious."