New Study Questions Cannibalism As A Worldwide Selective Force
...a to show that balancing selection associated with cannibalism has not been a major selective driving force on th...pulation in Papua-New Guinea and is transmitted by cannibalism at ritualistic mortuary feasts. A high-profile study published nearly three years ago suggested t...Male Mantids- not Voluntary Victims of Sexual Cannabilism
Sexual cannibalism is a common feature among praying mantids – that i...havior in a praying mantis by altering the risk of cannibalism and observing changes in male behavior. They find that the males are able to assess the risk of cann...Male Fish Cannibalize Its Own Offspring Than Female
...sed level of cuckoldry led to an increased rate of cannibalism among males. "We want to understand how behaviors evolve," says Gray, "and how behaviors, such as cannibalism, contribute to the diversity we see within and between different species." Source-Eurekalert SRI...Bamboo Seed: Viagra and Food for Mizos
... is plenty of bamboo seeds to eat, they stop their cannibalism and multiply rapidly,' he said. And clearly many in Mizoram are impressed. When John Neihlaia, commandant in the 3rd Battalion of Mizoram Police, and his friends prepared a traditional Mizo stew called Bai from bamboo seeds, many appreciated it......tury in a bloody sunset of internecine warfare and cannibalism after the trees which provided fuel and timber were all cut down. Prolonged drought wiped out the advanced Mayan civilisation at Tikal, in modern-day Mexico, around a thousand years ago. And in the 15th century, the last Viking settlement in Greenl...