“…Distinctly different solutions (e.g., corpse removal, burial and cannibalism) have evolved, independently, in the holometabolous hymenopterans and hemimetabolous isopterans toward the same problem of corpse management. …”
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“…The typical response of chimpanzee mothers is to abandon their deceased infant, sometimes after prolonged periods of carrying and grooming the corpse. Here, we report two anomalous observations of maternal cannibalism in communities of wild chimpanzees in Uganda and Ivory Coast and discuss the evolutionary implications. …”
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“…Two days after the death, the mother started to eat the corpse until it was almost completely consumed; there was no sharing with other group members. …”
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“…Cannibalism has been observed in a variety of animal taxa; however, it is relatively uncommon in primates. …”
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“…Within the colonial setting of the Belgian Congo, the process of cutting the body, whether living or dead, lent itself to conflation with cannibalism and other fantastic consumption stories by both Congolese and Belgian observers. …”
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“…Human remains at Gough’s Cave (UK) have been modified as part of a Magdalenian mortuary ritual that combined the intensive processing of entire corpses to extract edible tissues and the modification of skulls to produce skull-cups. …”
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“…Necropsy and genetic analyses of the corpses enabled us to rule out any pathology, and to determine paternity. …”
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“…On larger corpses, females from both populations laid similar numbers of eggs. …”
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