1. grab the nearest book
2. turn to page 123
3. find the 5th sentence
4. post said sentence on your blog
so, i have three books here by the computer: 1. the bluest eye by toni morrison, 2. bless me, ultima by rudolfo anaya, and medical anthropology in ecological perspective by mcelroy & townsend. i think the 3rd book is the most interesting, and here's what pg 123 line 5 has to say:
"The practice of cannibalism of dead relatives at funerals among the fore of paupa new guinea, which began around 1910, turned out to be maladaptive due to the chance introduction of a pathogen that contaminated the tissues consumed by women at these funerals."
2 comments:
I saw a Discovery Channel show about those people with that pathogen problem. It took a while to figure out what was making them sick. Interestingly the people rejected the idea of not eating each other and the path of the pathogen is still strait and narrow and true. Nothing like snacking on a yummie, cold finger tip at a funeral... being sick can make you sick! Go figure...
Where did the bird video go?
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