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Cannibalism in Brazil in 1557
as alleged by Hans Staden.
Harry J. Brown, "Hans Staden among the Tupinambas"
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anthropophagy
NOUN:		Inflected forms: pl. an·thro·poph·a·gi (-j) A person who eats human flesh; a cannibal.
ADJECTIVE:		anthro·po·phagic (-p-fjk) , anthro·popha·gous (-pf-gs)
ETYMOLOGY:		Latin anthrpophagus, from Greek anthrpophagos, man-eating : anthrpo-, anthropo- + -phagos, -phagous.
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cannibalism
NOUN:		1. A person who eats the flesh of other humans. 2. An animal that feeds on others of its own kind.
ADJECTIVE:		canni·bal·istic
ETYMOLOGY:		From Spanish Caníbalis, name (as recorded by Christopher Columbus) of the allegedly cannibalistic Caribs of Cuba and Haiti, from earlier Carib karibna, person, Carib.
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• All about Cannibalism: The Ancient Taboo in Modern Times (Cannibalism Psychology) -- CrimeLibrary.com
  
  
• Cannibalism May Have Wiped Out Neanderthals -- Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News (27 February 2008)
  
  
• Cannibalism -- FOOD AND CULTURE WORLD FOOD HABITS, Robert Dirks
  
  
• Petrinovich, Lewis. The Cannibal Within.  NY: Aldine de Gryter, 2000.
  
  
• Tannahill, Reay. 1975. Flesh and Blood: A History of the Cannibal Complex. (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Barnes and Noble, 1991.)
  
  
  
• FICTION / LITERATURE
  • Cannibalism in Literature -- Wikipedia
  • A Madman's Diary -- Lu Xun
  • "Survivor Type" -- Stephen King