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Cannibalism

Cannibalism is the act of eating human flesh and was once common among ancient cultures. Today the Korowai tribe in Southeast Asia is one of the very few remaining groups of people still practicing cannibalism. Ask questions about the history, causes and stigmas of this odd human behavior here.

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What drugs causes cannibalism?

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There is no specific drug that causes cannibalism. Instances of cannibalistic behavior are incredibly rare and usually associated with mental health disorders such as schizophrenia, psychosis, or extreme cases of substance-induced psychosis. Drug use can potentially exacerbate these underlying conditions, but it is not the direct cause of cannibalism.

Do Cannibal still exist?

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yes

Why are caterpillars cannibals?

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In general, caterpillars eat plants. If they cannot find any plants to eat, however, they can sometimes resort to being cannibals.

Are monkeys cannibals?

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Chimps have been known to catch,kill and eat chimps from other tribes.They will also trap and eat other animals.They are not the cute ,friendly critter shown on TV,nothing could be further from the truth.

What do people that live in the rainforest eat?

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rabbits in the rainforests will eat grass and any eatable plants that they find satisfying and will keep them alive. sometimes in the winter they'll eat tree bark if food is scarce or will eat their own species do to hunger

Was there cannibalism in 'Lord of the Flies'?

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No, In chapter 9, A View to a Death, there was a dance that went very primal and out of control. The boys attacked Simon by biting and tearing at his flesh. He died and was washed out to sea. However, they did not actually consume his flesh, which would have been cannibalism.

What tribes practiced cultures practice cannibalism?

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F. Ratzel in the History of Mankind, published in the late 1800s said that centres of undisguised cannibalism existed in places so far apart as New Zealand the Marquesas, the Palliser Islands, and the Paumotus. The Hawaiian and Tahitian groups, the Society Islands, and, for a period, Tonga, were free from it during the time of the more frequent visits of Europeans towards the end of the last century. But throughout Polynesia there were both objects and legends in which traces survive of a time when it extended more widely.

What trail did the Donner Party take?

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The group left too late in the spring, so when they were getting into the mountains the winter snows hit. They were stuck.

What year did the Donner Party set out?

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The Donners and Reeds left Springfield, Illinois, on April 14, 1846.

They left Independence, Missouri, on May 12, 1846.

However, the Donner Party didn't actually exist until July 19, 1846, when George Donner was elected captain of a newly-formed wagon train.

How do you live with someone who has alexithymia?

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You have to be very very patient being with a alexithymic person. You should have no expectation of any understanding of emotional cues shown by you and a response in return. You should understand that the person is not doing deliberately, that person doesn't have developed cognitive capabilities for judging and reciprocating emotions (including their own) . You have to shower that person with love all the time unconditionally and have to be persistent despite all the cold shoulder you may receive . My gf had this condition and I came to know after we got into relationship . I initially thought she is a closed and emotional person . But later realised she is cold and brutal. She couldn't understand and reciprocate emotions like love, care etc at all... But still I gave it my best shot tried to make her realise what love is. She eventually understood it but couldn't feel it.

What did people in 1970 eat?

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I don't know about 78 but in the 1930's there was twinkies, Fritos, tacos, and Craft macaroni and cheese!

How is erikson and kohlberg different?

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Compare Erikson's theory of development to Kohlberg's developmental model of moral development to everyday life

Why are people cannibals?

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As a rule - no.

Even in those areas where cannibalism was regularly but rarely practised, it was always more about the ritual than the actual meat. A recurring thought was that if you ate your defeated enemy, his strength became yours.

The 2nd most common reason for cannibalism was sheer necessity. People getting trapped somewhere and slowly starving.

There are several well documented cases where either survivors began to feed on those who died first, and even when someone was chosen and killed to provide food for the remaining.

Then of course, there are always the crazies.

Someone w/o any better reason than "because I want to"´who have eaten parts of another human.

What went wrong at the donner party?

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The Donner Party took off from Independence, MO too late. Back then, you didn't have any good transpertation system like we do now. So they had to rely on wagons. They couldn't take off too early because the grass was needed the horse/mule/oxen to eat. They couldn't take off too late because they wouldn't be able to cross the Rockys because of the snow. So the timing was very important. The Donner Party took off too late so they got stuck on the Rockys.

What did people eat in the 16th century?

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In the 16th century the main food of rich people was meat. However the rich rarely ate vegetables. Rich people were not necessarily well fed because they ate too few vegetables. Poor people ate plenty of vegetables because they had no choice! Vegetables were cheap but meat was a luxury.

On certain days by law people had to eat fish instead of meat. At first this was for religious reasons but later in the 16th century it was to support the fishing industry. If you lived near the sea or a river you could eat fresh fish like herrings or mackerel. Otherwise you might have to rely on dried or salted fish.

Poor people usually ate dreary food. In the morning they had bread and cheese and onions. They only had one cooked meal a day. They mixed grain with water and added vegetables and (if they could afford it) strips of meat.

What are the Factors affecting moral development?

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gender

culture

parents

school and teachers

social

Were native Americans and Hawaiians cannibals?

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It is questionable to whether or not that they are cannibals. Many in white culture do believe that they are but there has been no evidence for it. The evidence that they supposedly had for the Mayans and Aztecs of Meso-America being cannibals proved to be caused by other means, such as pot-polish which is the wearing away of the bone and thought to be from bones rubbing together in a pot can just be caused over time. As well as the supposed cut marks that had to be from cutting the meat off of the bone, many of the bone pieces that were found are too small to show any sort of cut marks, and when you cut meat off of the bone you don't cut the bone because it dulls the blade.

Why do people always want more?

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because there is still that void in themselves that never gets filled and they think that the new thing will fill it but it never does.

How many died in the donner party?

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There were 87 people not including the teamsters or Indians that travelled with them.

What are the factors affecting organizational behaviors?

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what is organisational behavior

Was Genghis Khan a cannibal?

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i u think so

What did people eat in 1066?

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In the Middle Ages in Europe, what people ate depended a lot on how rich they were. Poor people (which was almost everybody) ate mainly barley. Sometimes they made their barley into bread, and sometimes into pancakes or pizza, and sometimes into barley porridge (like oatmeal) and sometimes into barley soup. But every day, breakfast, lunch and dinner, most of every meal was barley. It must have been very boring!

As much as they could, the poor people found other things to eat with their barley to make it less boring. They grew carrots and onions and cabbage and garlic to put in their soup, and they made cheese to eat with their bread and melt on their pizza, and they gathered apples and pears and mushrooms as well, so they could make apple pies or baked apples. And they tried to get honey to sweeten their treats. They grew herbs like basil and rosemary to flavor their food. Mostly poor people drank ale (kindof like beer) or beer in England and Germany, wine in France and Italy and Spain. Even the beer was made from barley! Rich people also ate a lot of bread, but they made their bread out of wheat so it tasted better. And they had more choices of other things to eat with their bread. Rich people ate meat - pork and roast beef and stew and lamb chops and deer and rabbit. And they had spices to put on their food, expensive spices that had to come all the way from India like pepper and cinnamon. Even salt was often too expensive for poor people, and only rich people had it. In fact, when you were eating in a medieval castle, the salt would be on the table in a huge fancy salt cellar, and the rich people would sit near the salt so they could use it, while the poor people sat further down the long table and couldn't use the salt. We still say, "above the salt" to mean a rich person. (c) www.historyforkids.org