Zombie Diet: 10 Real-Life Examples of Humans Eating Humans.

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In AMC's "Fear the Walking Dead," the number one fear is the fear of becoming lunch for vicious human corpses.
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▼ In AMC's "Fear the Walking Dead,"returning Sunday (June 2) at 9 p.m. EDT/8 p.m. CDT, undead human corpses roam the world in their hunt for human flesh. Now, we know zombiesaren't real, but cannibalism is far from fictional. Here are 10 real-life examples of human flesh-eaters that are just about as horrifying as zombies.
1. Our prehistoric ancestors
Cannibalism goes way, way back. Around 900,000 years ago in what is now Spain,Homo antecessor, an ancient relative of humans, practiced cannibalism likely out of  practicality, according to a study published in June 2019 in the Journal of Human Evolution. Fellow hominins were moderately nutritious and easy to catch, making them an excellent prey option.
2. Neanderthals: Our more recent prehistoric ancestors
Our closer and more recent relatives, the Neanderthals, were also cannibals on occasion. Archaeologists have discovered evidence of Neanderthal cannibalism in a few different spots around the world, including a cave in El Sidrón, Spain, another cave at Moula-Guercy, France, and most recently at a cave in Belgium. Beyond cannibalism, it appears that Neaderthals also made tools out of their comrades' remains.

Characters in AMC's "Fear the Walking Dead" fear being hunted down and eaten by the dead. In prehistoric times, our ancient relatives actually did hunt down and eat one another..
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3. The Biami people of Papua New Guinea
There are a few isolated cultures in Papua New Guinea known to have killed and eaten humans, although they likely haven't practiced cannibalism for several decades. In 2011, British television host Piers Gibbon  visited the Biami people— a group who once practiced cannibalism and "were very happy to talk about it," Gibbon said. An older member of the tribe told Gibbon about one instance where members of the tribe killed two women suspected of speaking ill of a dying husband. The man said they roasted the women over the fire like pigs and cut up their flesh to eat it.
4. The Fore people of Papua New Guinea
The practice of cannibalism in another Papua New Guinea tribe, the Fore people, led to the spread of a fatal brain disease called kuru that caused a devastating epidemic in the group. But not all members of the tribe died — some of them carry a gene that protects against  kuruand other "prion diseases" such as mad cow. The tribe stopped practicing cannibalism in the 1950s, which led to a decline in kuru. But because the disease can take many years to show up, cases of kuru continued to pop up for decades. Researchers are working to understand how the genetic mutation works to prevent kuru and gather new insights into how to prevent prion diseases.

Zombies kill people and eat their brains for sustenance. In reality, some cultures in Papua New Guinea used to kill and eat people for punishment.
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5. The Xiximes people of Mexico
In 2011, archaeologists reported finding dozens of human bones bearing marks of cannibalism at the ancient Xiximes settlement of Cuevas del Maguey in northern Mexico. The bones were found inside shelters dating back to the early 1400s, National  Geographic reported. The Xiximes believed that eating the flesh of their enemies would ensure a prolific grain harvest.
6. The Aztec people of Mexico  (▪ ▪ ▪)

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