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Did Egyptian royalty use cocaine? Did the Tasmanians actually lose the use of fire? Why are Nigerian witchdoctors involved in trafficking women to Britain? In his third volume of essays Stone Age Herbalist returns, to bring more tales of the world beyond the media headlines. With his usual mix of shock and curiosity, covering stories from anthropology, archaeology, history and biology, we find Mauritanian obesity camps, Papuan cannibalism, prehistoric slavery and a journey around the Arctic Northwest Passage. With more focus on some neglected biological topics, including culture-syndromes, adaptations to malaria, comparisons between humans and sealions as well as a deep dive into the world of Chinese shamanism, this is one essay series you won't want to miss.