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  1. Human cannibalism - Wikipedia

    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 …

  2. Cannibalism | Definition, History Examples, & Facts | Britannica

    Nov 7, 2025 · Cannibalism is the eating of human flesh by humans. It is also called anthropophagy. Who was the first known cannibal? The first known cannibal was a Neanderthal whose victims’ 100,000 …

  3. Cannibalism - New World Encyclopedia

    Cannibalism is the act or practice of eating members of one's own species and usually refers to human beings eating other humans (sometimes called anthropophagy).

  4. The term "cannibal" was born from a misunderstanding: the origins, …

    May 31, 2025 · In spite of its apparent objectivity, the concept of cannibal or “the one who eats human flesh”, is the son of a precise historical situation: the discovery and the conquest of the Americas by …

  5. Cannibalism | Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology

    Cannibalism, the eating of one’s own kind, is a practice that occurs in both humans and non-humans.

  6. Cannibalism—overview and medicolegal issues - PMC

    Cannibalism, the consumption of another by an individual of the same species, is a widespread practice amongst many animal groups. Human cannibalism or anthropophagy, however, is less common but …

  7. CANNIBAL Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Dec 6, 2016 · The meaning of CANNIBAL is one that eats the flesh of its own kind.

  8. Cannibalism - Encyclopedia.com

    May 17, 2018 · CANNIBALISM is both a concept and a practice that may involve diverse themes of death, food, sacrifice, revenge, aggression, love, and destruction or transformation of human others.

  9. cannibalism | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute

    Cannibalism is the consumption of another human’s body matter, whether consensual or not. In the United States, there are no laws that explicitly prohibit cannibalism per se. However, most (if not all) …

  10. CANNIBALISM | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    CANNIBALISM meaning: 1. the practice of a person who eats human flesh, or the behaviour of an animal that eats others of…. Learn more.