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title: "What am I doing with my life?!? "The ethnographic account of an Inuit…"
date: 2019-09-14
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# What am I doing with my life?!? "The ethnographic account of an Inuit…

*September 14, 2019 · Facebook*

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[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X19305371?fbclid=IwAR3O_8m1DZSRyzEtwy-nhHCAKlKux1Q7lzajw_RkE04BuBfoP6dZUmo1xPg](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X19305371?fbclid=IwAR3O_8m1DZSRyzEtwy-nhHCAKlKux1Q7lzajw_RkE04BuBfoP6dZUmo1xPg){target="_blank"}
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What am I doing with my life?!?\
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\"The ethnographic account of an Inuit man manufacturing a knife from his own frozen feces to butcher and disarticulate a dog has permeated both the academic literature and popular culture. To evaluate the validity of this claim, we tested the basis of that account via experimental archaeology. Our experiments assessed the functionality of knives made from human feces in controlled conditions that provided optimal conditions for success. However, they were not functional. \"\
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[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X19305371](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X19305371){target="_blank"}
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