Synchromystic Cannibals?
by Loren Coleman ©2012 Kessel le Vieux Jan van (1626-1679) Peinture sur cuivre Cannibals are in the news this week. Why? Miami , Montreal , Maryland . Did you also hear about Manitoba , as well? Synchromystic cannibals? Synchronicity? Copycat media? Cannibalism The word "cannibalism" originated from caníbales , the Spanish name for the Carib people, a West Indies ethnic social group formerly well known for their practice of cannibalism. Cannibalism, also called anthropophagy, is defined as the act or practice of humans ( Homo sapiens ) eating the flesh of other human beings, although prehistorically Neandertals eating CroMagnons and CroMagnons eating Neandertals has been called cannibalism. Humans eating Homo floresiensis , the so-called little people, the Hobbits of Flores Island may have taken place, and I'm sure that would be called cannibalism, as well. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal. They aren't zombies. They aren't vampires. Both ...