http://bactra.org/notebooks Cosma's Notebooks en http://bactra.org/notebooks/2009/04/10#predation-of-humans <P>Being eaten by other animals appears to have been a major risk for humans (and other hominids) over most of our evolutionary history. What did this do to us? <P>It is tempting to somehow connect our interest in horror movies and novels with this; can this actually be done in a defensible way? What would such an argument look like? <P>See also: <a href="evol-psych.html">Evolutionary Psychology</a>; <a href="human-evolution.html">Human Evolution and Paleoanthropology</a> <ul>Recommended: <li>Barbara Ehrenreich, <cite>Blood Rites</cite> </ul> <ul>To read: <li>Donna L. Hart and Robert W. Sussman, <cite>Man the Hunted: Primates, Predators, and Human Evolution</cite> <li>Hans Kruuk, <cite>Hunter and Hunted: Relationships Between Carnivores and People</cite> <li>David Quamen, <cite>Monsters of God</cite> </ul>