And that population scenario fits for sure. Something I always wondered about the cannibal issue though, I have often wondered if there was much more than we think in the old world during some of the hard famines but we just don’t talk about it.
I suspect you are correct. But a taboo had developed against it. Cannibalism in time of starvation is a bit different.
It still happens today, in extreme situations, and is accepted as necessary.