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Ep. 56 Cannibalism: How Humans Throughout History Have Used and Abused This Ancient Taboo
Episode 56
Published 1 year, 11 months ago
Description
Join me as I uncover the history of cannibalism starting with the butchered bones of ancient hominids dating as far back as 780,000 years all the way to the present day. I'll explore examples of ritual cannibalism and delve into four horrifying stories of survival cannibalism. Finally, I'll examine the freaky psychology behind pathological cannibalism. What drives a human to eat another human being? And is it wrong? I think you'll find that this taboo isn't quite that black and white. Let's fix that.
Sources:
- National Library of Medicine "Mummy as a Drug"
- Live Science "Scientists Study 5 Cases of Pathological Cannibalism"
- Medical News Today "Mumia: The strange history of humans remains... as medicine"
- IFL Science "Scientists Attempt to Psychologically Profile the Pathological Cannibal"
- International Boating Magazine "Raft of the Medusa"
- The Collector "Eating Human Flesh to Survive: 5 Tragic Stories of Cannibalism"
- National Library of Medicine "Cannibalism - overview and medicolegal issues"
- The Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology "Cannibalism"
- UK Natural History Museum "The Cannibals of Gough's Cave"
- Haaretz "A Brief History of Cannibalism: Not Just a Matter of Taste"
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