[marktwain]

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.

[Openurmind]

Humans get hungry and morals go out the door. They are going to eat anything before it eats them. lol