Cannibals

Cannibalism (from Caníbalis, the Spanish name for the Carib people), also called anthropophagy, is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh of other human beings.

The term "cannibalism" is also used in zoology to mean the act of any species consuming members of its own type or kind. The expression "cannibalization" is in addition used metaphorically outside of biological fields to refer to the reuse of parts or ideas or to situations such as when a company's assets eat into its other assets. This article is about human cannibalism.

Cannibalism has recently been both practiced and fiercely condemned in several wars, especially in Liberia and Congo. Today, the Korowai are one of very few tribes still believed to eat human flesh. It is also still known to be practiced as a ritual and in war in various Melanesian tribes.

Cannibalism in Brazil in 1557 as told by Hans Staden.
A woman cannibal, by Leonhard Kern, 1650

Saturn Devouring His Son, from the Black Paintings series by Francisco de Goya, 1819