Anthropologist Shirley Lindenbaum conducted fieldwork in Papua New Guinea and uncovered the true cause of a fatal disease, kuru. What did Lindenbaum conclude was the cause of this disease?

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Shirley Lindenbaum concluded that the cause of kuru, a fatal disease in Papua New Guinea, was the funeral rituals used by the population she studied. Specifically, the consumption of the brains of deceased relatives during funeral rituals was found to be the key transmission method of the disease.

Anthropologist Shirley Lindenbaum Conducted Fieldwork in Papua New Guinea and Uncovered