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title: "Was cannibalism common in earlier times?"  
description: "A brief explanation of the cannibalism that was common in earlier times"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-03  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2747/was-cannibalism-common-in-earlier-times  
category: "science and history"  
tags: ["Prehistoric", "facts", "general knowledge", "science", "cannibalism"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Was cannibalism common in earlier times?

![Was cannibalism common in earlier times](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/763ab4ff-0f37-4625-a456-de54c2c52fcd/images/f0919c0b-df1b-48f7-9957-23d4d6d950ab.jpeg) ![Was cannibalism common in earlier times](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/763ab4ff-0f37-4625-a456-de54c2c52fcd/images/a95589c2-cf2a-4f52-be43-bf323a3956fe.jpeg) Yes, cannibalism was more common in the past than it is now. ![Was cannibalism common in earlier times](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/763ab4ff-0f37-4625-a456-de54c2c52fcd/images/f2cfe83b-f7e9-4a5d-9121-dcc197fe4561.jpeg) Cannibalism has been documented for hundreds of thousands of years, from the Middle Palaeolithic period (about 200,000 years ago) until the present. ![Was cannibalism common in earlier times](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/763ab4ff-0f37-4625-a456-de54c2c52fcd/images/e767cc86-4215-4c39-9a8c-cf7eb043971a.jpeg) The explanation for this is that food was frequently scarce, and cannibalism may have been a means for people to survive during times of famine. ![Was cannibalism common in earlier times](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/763ab4ff-0f37-4625-a456-de54c2c52fcd/images/9aee783f-2859-4b1b-bd31-aa2da474d0ea.jpeg) Another possibility is that cannibalism may have been related with religious or cultural practises. ![Was cannibalism common in earlier times](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/763ab4ff-0f37-4625-a456-de54c2c52fcd/images/f0919c0b-df1b-48f7-9957-23d4d6d950ab.jpeg) Cannibalism is still practised in some isolated places of the world today, but it is far less widespread than it once was.

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