Sarah Everts | Author, The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration References to acts of cannibalism are sprinkled throughout many religious and historical documents, such as reports of ...

An illustration from 1875 depicts the survivors of the frigate Cospatrick, which caught fire off South Africa's Cape of Good Hope in November 1874. Of more than 470 people on board, just three ...

“A Cannibal in the Berkshires. Idol-Worshipping Hermit Feasts on Reptiles and Human Flesh!” read the headlines of major papers across the U.S. in the Summer of 1879. In the most remote wooded reaches ...

"Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited." Eating one's own kind is completely natural behavior in thousands of species, including humans. Throughout history we have engaged ...

Human cannibalism has appeared at different points in history across the world. In most cases, it was linked to warfare, ritual belief, survival crises, or punishment systems. Modern nations no longer ...