The Sacred Cow and the Abominable Pig: Riddles of Food and Culture |
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All these cultural convergences and recurrences support my theory that animal
foods play a special role in the nutritional physiology of our species. In addition
we seem to have descended from a long line of meat-hungry animals. Not so
long ...
All these cultural convergences and recurrences support my theory that animal
foods play a special role in the nutritional physiology of our species. In addition
we seem to have descended from a long line of meat-hungry animals. Not so
long ...
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It could have been any of these closely related species: Hyrax capensia, Hyrax
syriacus, or Pro- cavia capensis. Whichever it was, it had no rumen and it did not
chew the cud. This leaves the camel as the only bona fide cud-chewer that the ...
It could have been any of these closely related species: Hyrax capensia, Hyrax
syriacus, or Pro- cavia capensis. Whichever it was, it had no rumen and it did not
chew the cud. This leaves the camel as the only bona fide cud-chewer that the ...
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To begin with I would say that pets are animals which people feel friendly toward,
feed and groom, and voluntarily live with. Pet species are the logical opposites of
pariah species. We do not feed or groom pariah species. Instead we try to ...
To begin with I would say that pets are animals which people feel friendly toward,
feed and groom, and voluntarily live with. Pet species are the logical opposites of
pariah species. We do not feed or groom pariah species. Instead we try to ...
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Good to eat: riddles of food and culture
Crítica de los usuarios - Not Available - Book VerdictWhy are the world's food habits or "foodways,'' as Harris refers to them, so diverse? In this scholarly yet fast-paced and very readable work, anthropologist Harris argues that "major differences in ... Leer comentario completo
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ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 15 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
FOUR The Abominable Pig | 67 |
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