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AES Student Submission form
Submitted: 2025-05-12 02:35:19
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ID: 39
Faculty and/or Staff Mentor(s)
- All student submissions for presentations at AES must have the approval of a WOU faculty or staff mentor. To learn more about this requirement please visit http://wou.edu/pure/academicexcellenceshowcase/students/. The identified and approving mentor(s) will be automatically notified upon completion of this form.
- If you do not have a mentor's approval, please discuss your presentation ideas and proposal abstract with a faculty or staff member and ask them for their approval and sponsorship before completing this form.
- You must have approval BEFORE submitting or your presentation may not be included in AES.
Mentor Email
ID: 30
Mentor Name
ID: 29
First: Melissa
Last: Kelley
Do you have more than one mentor who should be listed for this submission?
ID: 32
No
Has your faculty or staff mentor reviewed your proposal and approved it for submission?
ID: 3
Yes: Yes
Presenters
ID: 4
| WOU Email | First Name | Last Name | vNumber | Major | Year (Senior, Junior, etc.) | Home Town |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eomaracookbaron23@mail.wou.edu | Ezra | O'Mara-Cook-Baron | V00400248 | Criminal Justice & Psychology | Freshmen | Corvallis |
What type of session are you participating in?
ID: 6
Poster
Select the session topic(s) that best match your poster
ID: 13
- First Year Seminar Student Showcase
Title of your presentation/poster/performance
ID: 7
Cannibalism: Does it make evolutionary or nutritional sense for humans?
Are there any accompanists or composers that should be recognized in the program?
ID: 14
No
Did your project involve Human Subjects?
ID: 15
No
Abstract or image files
ID: 17
I will add an abstract now
Abstract
ID: 21
Cannibalism is a phenomenon that has been recorded in a variety of species, including humans. In animals, cannibalism can be for evolutionary benefits like population regulation, elimination of weak offspring, or as nutrition during times of resource scarcity. This analysis examines the possibility of cannibalism in humans from biological, nutritional, ethical, and comparative zoological perspectives. While human flesh is calorically dense and, in extreme survival situations, has historically served as a food source, its consumption carries severe health risks, including the transmission of prion diseases like kuru and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, and is further constrained by moral codes, laws, and cultural taboos. In some other species, such as lions and chimpanzees, cannibalistic behaviors may be exercised under specific environmental or social tension, without the long-term disruption of group or pack structure. This argument suggests that while cannibalism is biologically feasible in human beings and comparable with some animal-like behaviors, it is not feasible in today's society due to its serious ethical, legal, and health implications. However, there is a possibility that in the future, the health risks can be nullified and the stigma can be erased, depending on the circumstances of the future world.
Abstract Approved
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ID: 37
Yes
Do you give us permission to publish your work online in partnership with Hamersly Library?
ID: 16
No
Would you be interested in submitting your work to PURE Insights?
ID: 24
No
Model release statement
ID: 18
No
Are you willing to allow WOU to make a video recording of your session?
ID: 23
Yes, but I want to know one or more weeks before AES
Name
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ID: 33
First: Ezra
Last: O'Mara-Cook-Baron
vNumber
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ID: 34
V00400248
Email
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eomaracookbaron23@wou.edu
