![]() Some murderers, such as Albert Fish, Boone Helm, Andrei Chikatilo, and Jeffrey Dahmer, are known to have devoured their victims after killing them. More recent well-documented examples include the Essex sinking in 1820, the Donner Party in 18, and the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in 1972. Classical antiquity recorded numerous references to cannibalism during siege starvations. Occasionally, starving people have resorted to cannibalism for survival necessity. Historically, numerous tribal organizations have engaged in cannibalism, although very few are thought to continue the practice to this day. Accounts of human cannibalism date back as far as prehistoric times, and some anthropologists suggest that cannibalism was common in human societies as early as the Paleolithic. This is a list of incidents of cannibalism, or anthropophagy, as the consumption of human flesh or internal organs by other human beings. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. ![]()
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