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  • Circra [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Sort of maybe in some places yes. If I recall, there's some evidence beyond the anecdotal (i.e. mistranslations or one tribe just slagging off the tribe that lives just up the river) that some cultures practised ritual cannibalism as part of funeral rites. Like a lot of anthropology though, it suffers somewhat due to a lot of the research being done by people who had a very entrenched mindest and viewpoint not conducting particulalry rigorous science.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I can't remember any details because my classes were so long ago, but I think there are like one or two cases of cultures that actually hunt and eat people deliberately, and I'm almost certain that it was tied to warfare practices and largely intended as a form of terrorism aimed at their military enemies. And again, it's so rare that there are only a few cases, even if I'm remembering this right.