ANTH10001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Organ Trade, Veranda, Vicia Faba
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German cannibal tells of fantasy (mr meiwes appeared relaxed before the opening of his trial) A man accused of killing, dissecting and eating another man has gone on trial in central. The court heard how horror films had fueled his childhood fantasies of eating school friends. The 41 years old computer technician is charged with murder, even though the victim allegedly volunteered for his fate by replying to an internet advert. The gruesome incident was all captured on camcorder. Thought to have beheaded, dismembered and possibly eaten her 11 victims in a reign of terror in st. petersburg, russia that lasted two decades. Ate his liver with fava beans with chianti. There has been few times in the past where people ate other humans in order to survive. Often a sign of respect during funerals (as grief) Eg) tribe called yanomamo (drink dissolved powder of the dead) Eg) gimi women of the new guinea highlands consume men.