Cannibals

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Our intrepid reporter gets up close and personal with New Guinea natives who say they still eat their fellow tribesmen

What do you really know about one of our greatest taboos? These are a few things you probably got wrong about cannibalism.

It's a toad-eat-toad, spider-eat-spider, and yes, human-eat-human world.

cannibalism, also called anthropophagy, eating of human flesh by humans. The term is derived from the Spanish name (Caríbales, or Caníbales) for the Carib, a West Indies tribe well known for its practice of cannibalism. A widespread custom going back into early human history, cannibalism has been found among peoples on most continents. Though many early accounts of cannibalism probably were exaggerated or in error, the practice prevailed until modern times in parts of West and Central Africa, Melanesia (especially Fiji), New Guinea, Australia, among the Maoris of New Zealand, in some of the islands of Polynesia, among tribes of

For many reasons, cannibalism is unanimously frowned upon in the Western world. But, aside from the ethics, is eating human flesh bad for your health?