Research published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports concludes our ancient ancestors who practised cannibalism probably weren't doing so for purely dietary reasons. To study the topic, Dr.

Cannibalism is legal in all U.S. states except Idaho. Rating: Mixture (About this rating?) What's True: Only Idaho has a law that explicitly criminalizes cannibalism, while the other 49 states have no ...

A recent investigation of human remains found in the UK’s Cheddar Gorge has once again brought a particularly unsavory aspect of our human story into the light: human consumption of other humans. The ...

The modern history of Western Europe is defined by opposition. Europe is presented as a beacon of civilisation facing down the barbarous masses that populated the rest of the world, and one of the ...

Researchers say the discoveries are “inconsistent with ritual or survival scenarios.” A team of researchers led by Francesc Marginedas, of the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social ...

Sarah Everts | Author, The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration References to acts of cannibalism are sprinkled throughout many religious and historical documents, such as reports of ...

Having in part 1 explored the hidden language of cannibalism embedded in so many common expressions, it's time to examine other aspects of this so provocative topic. And to me, it's a topic well worth ...

Prepare yourself for a history of Europe that you’ve probably never heard. In the words of historian Richard Sugg, “For well over two hundred years in early-modern Europe, the rich and the poor, the ...