History of Cannibalism

London (Keydmedia) - According to anthropologists, there are various forms of cannibalism. These include survival cannibalism, ritual cannibalism, the eating of one's own dead identified as endocannibalism and excannibalism, the eating of outsiders.

Editorial Keydmedia Online
16 June 2012

"In the case of survival cannibalism, the roots can be traced back to prehistoric times," explains anthropologist Abdi Qurawe.

Survival cannibalism cases are recounted in the books Alive: The story of the Andes survivors and the miracle in the Andes and in the film Alive, based on the confessions of passengers of Uruguayan Air force Flight 571 that crashed into the Andes on 13 October 1972, who said that they have resorted to eating the dead during their 72 days in the mountains.

Ritual cannibalism includes what ancient Greek historian Herodotus observed in eating of one