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human cannibalism
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practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings
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Encyclopedic overview
Enemies being killed and roasted in South America – engraving by Theodor de Bry (1592)
Human cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal. The meaning of "cannibalism" has been extended into zoology to describe animals consuming parts of individuals of the same species as food.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “human cannibalism” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.