Cannibalism: A History of People Who Eat People

Read more Read less Humans and our ancestors practiced cannibalism for hundreds of thousands of years. Thinkstock
By TALAL AL-KHATIB, Discovery News

A Multicourse History
Any shopper walking down the aisles of a modern grocery is spoiled for choice when it comes to food options. As of 2008, the number of products carried by the average supermarket stood around 47,000, according to Consumer Reports.

There is one particular item, however, that shouldn't ever appear in anyone's shopping cart, despite its place as a historical foodstuff, particularly during desperate times: human meat.

Cannibalism strikes the human conscience like few other taboo acts, eliciting a mix of dread, disdain and plain old nausea. But as seen in this slideshow, humans eating other humans has been an inseparable part of our history.

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