Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 21:52:16 -0500
From: james m blaut <70671.2032-AT-CompuServe.COM>
Subject: Re: M-I: Malthusianism


Boddy:

South American societies have been using cyanide in fishing for at least
12,000 years, getting their cyanide compound from the skin of the cassava
root (manioc, tapioca, *Manihot utilissima*).

Blaut  


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