It is quite possible, as these people are quite desperate to find a quick relief.
Cannibalism was never practiced in Africa. Warring factions sometimes ate body parts of their foes, but that rarely occurred. Other tribal traditions are still practiced throughout Africa, except for the more urban areas.
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It is thousand times easier to fight bacterial diseases in US than Africa. But when it comes to viral diseases, the difference is less dramatic.
The Fertile Crescent
Fight for natural resources and diseases are some of the conflicts that Africa had.
Cannibalism can look odd by human standards, but in fact it's widespread in the animal kingdom, and also amongst many human populations in the past, and survived till the20th century in some areas of Central Africa, South America, New Guinea and Vanuatu. Because many infections pass from victims to consumers, diseases linked to cannibalism should be very common, fact that does not happen. This could be due to the fact that cannibals usually feed alone. "Maybe this is why cannibalism is no longer common among people as it was in the past, because of the strong negative effects it can have when transmitting a disease. Cannibalism has some diseases with it's practice. Kuru is an incurable degenerative neurological disorder (brain disease) that is a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy found in humans. It looks like a cow with mad cow disease.
There are many diseases associated with Africa. The list includes tetanus, syphilis, pertussis, tuberculosis, malaria, HIV and AIDS, and Ebola.
Good location for trading, Fertile land, biodiversity -apex
The fertile crescent was called 'fertile' because around 2000 BCE there was fertile soil that was great for farming. new soil called silt was brought over regularly by floods. This fertility later on helped grow the early cities that lived there. It is worh noting that the Fertile Crescent is entirely in Southwest Asia, not Africa. It is in the current countries of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, and Jordan.
The Fertile Crescent is in southwest Asia.
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