A brief history of cannibalism - Bill Schutt

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  • Human cannibalism is a lot more common than you might think. Dive into its complex history and see its uses in medicine, cultural rituals and in times of survival.
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    15th century Europeans believed they had hit upon a miracle cure: a remedy for epilepsy, hemorrhage, bruising, nausea and virtually any other medical ailment. It was a brown powder known as “mumia,” and was made by grinding up mummified human flesh. But just how common is human cannibalism, and how do cultures partake in it? Bill Schutt explores the complex history of cannibalism.
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  • @lolaoneal1157
    @lolaoneal1157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12653

    me:
    TH-cam recommendations: brief history of cannibalism
    me: sure

    • @seanlewis1011
      @seanlewis1011 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      lola o'neal literally my thought process

    • @ronie1844
      @ronie1844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same😂

    • @fludderkiddie
      @fludderkiddie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      lola o'neal right? I did the same thing.
      Then I sent it to my little sister.
      Just to brighten her day.

    • @raybeesmustsuck
      @raybeesmustsuck 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

    • @wengkietanjaya7276
      @wengkietanjaya7276 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      lola o'neal

  • @ismail9831
    @ismail9831 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5513

    "I DO WISH WE COULD CHAT LONGER, BUT I’M HAVING AN OLD FRIEND FOR DINNER" : Hannibal Lecter

    • @StephJ0seph
      @StephJ0seph 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      interesting

    • @nino2190
      @nino2190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ah yes

    • @abrar939
      @abrar939 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Ahhh yes. My favorite word. *hannibal*

    • @onepunchman1953
      @onepunchman1953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@abrar939 you don't know Dr. Lecter?

    • @oussamat612
      @oussamat612 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@onepunchman1953 you don't know barka?

  • @yumekojabami9949
    @yumekojabami9949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8665

    "It's made of mummified humans"
    *medieval music stops*

    • @not_h2234
      @not_h2234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      starts*

    • @firepower7017
      @firepower7017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      *Japan still practicing cannibalism in the 1940s*
      I thought this was already over with!

    • @ozzie2.040
      @ozzie2.040 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Literally

    • @temporaryvirus1969
      @temporaryvirus1969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Holup'

    • @lisemdian
      @lisemdian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      ........yumeko?

  • @chaoticneutral7573
    @chaoticneutral7573 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2379

    Dad * coughs *
    One leg Jimmy: dammit not again

  • @mifhadi
    @mifhadi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8363

    _"if i die eat me"_
    more like
    *"if i die you all are coming with me"*

    • @tullipfart5768
      @tullipfart5768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      That was a set up right there

    • @whimsybees
      @whimsybees 4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      Dead person literally just said "bite me" huh

    • @janeli5014
      @janeli5014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      666 likes.... dun dun dunnnnn

    • @anamikamazumdar2723
      @anamikamazumdar2723 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Miftachul Hadi "If"

    • @darkelysium2187
      @darkelysium2187 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Why else was there a smiley face on the note?

  • @ajaxtelamonian5134
    @ajaxtelamonian5134 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13006

    Two cannibals eating a clown: "does this taste funny to you?"

  • @arcticwolf2132
    @arcticwolf2132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6426

    Parent : " I'm so ill ..."
    Child : *pulls out flesh* "Here this will help"
    Parent : "Cheers mate "

    • @edefedd3121
      @edefedd3121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      loool

    • @surekhadesai7548
      @surekhadesai7548 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      😂😂😂

    • @ericw2391
      @ericw2391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      I’m pretty sure at that point, it’s just a form of paying homage since their parents are basically going to die 😆

    • @wowie357
      @wowie357 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Oh my

    • @wowie357
      @wowie357 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ericw2391 mhm

  • @angelinebeltrn
    @angelinebeltrn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3052

    *"you said we'd go to mcdonald's"*
    *"son, i am the mcdonalds"*

    • @bitter-sweet-music
      @bitter-sweet-music 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      AHAAHA NOOO

    • @tofunmiolawoyin208
      @tofunmiolawoyin208 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Oh no you didn't 😂😂😂😭😭

    • @munglianzaw8693
      @munglianzaw8693 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      "we have food at home" 💀💀💀😭😭🖐️🖐️

    • @777dnangel
      @777dnangel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ROFL

    • @malekblr8823
      @malekblr8823 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@munglianzaw8693 "we have medicine at home"

  • @ericdb9862
    @ericdb9862 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30281

    When the compliment "you're a snack" takes a whole new meaning

    • @Jomster777
      @Jomster777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      Standardsizedumbass Never heard that saying before. Is it a cannibal thing?

    • @moonsun.sido_5068
      @moonsun.sido_5068 4 ปีที่แล้ว +556

      “Did it hurt when you fell from the vending machine?”
      “I would take you to the movies, but they don’t allow snacks there”

    • @grisbel7836
      @grisbel7836 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Oh no

    • @acaciafinegan8369
      @acaciafinegan8369 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I love it

    • @pleaseenteraname141
      @pleaseenteraname141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      **snacc*

  • @wooldron1
    @wooldron1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13783

    *Every fight is a food fight when you're a cannibal.*

    • @shivanimanna8645
      @shivanimanna8645 4 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      Don't say, it hurts...

    • @owlharris4408
      @owlharris4408 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Jake the dog why did I read that in jake the dogs voice?

    • @wooldron1
      @wooldron1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@owlharris4408 Because you did young sir

    • @hanschannel9018
      @hanschannel9018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hi Jake

    • @abookenthusiast378
      @abookenthusiast378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Tran Tham why

  • @nunally
    @nunally 2 ปีที่แล้ว +973

    "Why aren't there more mummies?"
    "Europeans ate them"

    • @yam4suki
      @yam4suki 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      LMAO

    • @WDC_OSA
      @WDC_OSA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      They drank the sarcophagus juice

    • @alicecreamcake
      @alicecreamcake 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      they even made colour paint from them -

    • @ocelotl7416
      @ocelotl7416 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@alicecreamcake They even used the ashes as makeup. Dead bodies were also used for furniture, candles, etc, etc...

  • @mrsokolov8954
    @mrsokolov8954 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2149

    I'd wish they also talked about the Cannibalistic practices from indigenous people in Brazil. To summarize it, when a tribe would capture a soldier from a rival tribe, they would normally cook and eat him so they could acquire his powers. But the cool part is that the captured soldier would mostly be cool with it and would treat the whole thing as an honor. At most cases, the enemy tribe would even serve all of the prisoners needs and wills, tending to him as a respected guest. The whole thing was a spectacle, the prisoner would even need to pretend to have escaped just to be "captured" again, and if walking feast were to show any signs of fear or sadness, they would deem him as unworthy of consumption and would return him to his former tribe (there he would be casted away for cowardice).

    • @darren561
      @darren561 2 ปีที่แล้ว +360

      Prisoner: "Yaaay, I'm going to be eaten!"
      Cannibal: "Nope, you're too cowardly, away with you!"
      Prisoner: "NOoOoOoOo!!!"

    • @johnle3901
      @johnle3901 2 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      man thanks for telling us. this is a very intersting and super weird fact.

    • @hannahjoseph2347
      @hannahjoseph2347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Wow, that's actually very interesting.

    • @seriousnesstv7902
      @seriousnesstv7902 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I noticed they didn’t show any darker colored cannibals when they are very common in parts of Africa.

    • @johnthomas9427
      @johnthomas9427 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      @@seriousnesstv7902 that’s because people tend to forget that Europeans also practiced cannibalism and it was widespread.

  • @PandaBeatsStudios
    @PandaBeatsStudios 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8458

    Ted-Ed: one of the only TH-cam channels whose animations make even the most morbid of topics actually watchable.

    • @chubbyBunny94
      @chubbyBunny94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      PyroPanda Studios school of life - their content is a little biased but you MIGHT like thier stuff too

    • @yt-sh
      @yt-sh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      morbid
      nice

    • @miloblackmetalhate
      @miloblackmetalhate 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      This and Kurzgesagt

    • @Ariadne4
      @Ariadne4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So true!

    • @_friedtofu
      @_friedtofu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Plus the narrator's voice

  • @FreediiFree
    @FreediiFree 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24555

    I'd like to be the voice actor who just makes odd grumbly noises for these videos lol

    • @FreediiFree
      @FreediiFree 4 ปีที่แล้ว +945

      😙 senpai noticed me ☺️

    • @gay4vivi294
      @gay4vivi294 4 ปีที่แล้ว +578

      FreediiFree i was picturing a person who willingly made those weird sounds the entire video and it made me laugh so hard. like imagine you work there and is doing research for the next video and then that person goes “hGauG” in the other room LMFAOO

    • @circumcizednun1814
      @circumcizednun1814 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      I love this narrator

    • @raisa_cherry33
      @raisa_cherry33 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Lol 😂

    • @geniusmma
      @geniusmma 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I also volunteer

  • @clownsenpai_2436
    @clownsenpai_2436 3 ปีที่แล้ว +426

    i dont know how i got from "The science of macaroni salad" to "a brief history of cannibalism"

  • @sylviarulesbtw
    @sylviarulesbtw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    grandma talking to her grandchildren: "aww you are so cute!! I could just gobble you up!!"
    her grandchildren: **confused and panicked screaming**

  • @nathanperez9596
    @nathanperez9596 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3946

    Man: *Dies*
    All of his family: *PIZZA TIME*

  • @elizabethmaria_9201
    @elizabethmaria_9201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6784

    What if this is the reason, why Cleopatra was never found?
    My mind: *racing*

  • @MajaBlancca
    @MajaBlancca 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    “If I die, eat me. Thanks :)” I CANT SKGSOSVSKSKA

  • @moo9293
    @moo9293 3 ปีที่แล้ว +990

    Now I'm so scared of humans. Imagine my boyfriend say "you look delicious" 😭😭

  • @johnmeneses213
    @johnmeneses213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3088

    "Need a HAND?"
    The phrase no cannibal can decline. 😂

    • @ronie1844
      @ronie1844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Creative Iguana 😂😂😂

    • @doginhat13
      @doginhat13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Are you offering

    • @eisequalstomc2192
      @eisequalstomc2192 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Or when you are in theatre arts, a cannibal says to you "Break a leg" 😬

    • @zodiackitten6110
      @zodiackitten6110 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Nah, man, not hungry. Maybe later though." The cannibal's response.

    • @senaahasan5182
      @senaahasan5182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Cannibal: Need a hand?
      Person: Sure
      Cannibal: Okay,I'll be back *goes,then comes back with a human hand that's clearly been recently chopped off*
      Person: wtf dude I thought you meant some help!! You're insane!! *runs away*
      Cannibal: You still want the hand to eat though?
      Person,shouting as running away: WHAT?? NO
      Cannibal: well,guess I gotta eat it... *eats* hmm.. d e l i c i o u s

  • @annsmahboob3495
    @annsmahboob3495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2195

    People: Do you know what we want with deep desire but don't yet know about it?
    Ted: YES

    • @annsmahboob3495
      @annsmahboob3495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Daniel C Would you mind sharing the correct format?

    • @manddaallaa
      @manddaallaa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Is your name really Mahboob?

    • @venusinfla6427
      @venusinfla6427 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Anns Mahboob I don’t see anything wrong, I giggled 🤣

    • @annsmahboob3495
      @annsmahboob3495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@venusinfla6427 Appreciat the positivity.

  • @HannahKayW
    @HannahKayW 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I have a pretty deep fear of cannibals and always have, might even be a phobia. This video was INCREDIBLY difficult to watch but I did appreciate it, I needed to learn about the subject and appreciate it being discussed in a way that is not overly gruesome or gory. So thanks.

    • @nathalie_desrosiers
      @nathalie_desrosiers ปีที่แล้ว +2

      anthropophagusphobia

    • @chloeadams8703
      @chloeadams8703 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m the same way, I was scrolling through the comments while watching the video to find people who also find this disturbing and terrifying to not feel as scared.

  • @Peanutzz_3
    @Peanutzz_3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    2 cannibals are eating Amy Schumer
    Cannibal 1: “Does this taste funny to you?”
    Cannibal 2: “No.”

    • @who_is_Yabets
      @who_is_Yabets 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      This is funnier than her whole career

    • @artemixzs
      @artemixzs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ***laughing turns into deafening screams***

    • @basilisk4428
      @basilisk4428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      2 cannibals are eating kim kardasian
      They both die from plastic consumtion

    • @joemama-xm4xv
      @joemama-xm4xv 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're just as unfunny as she is

  • @SnoopyDoofie
    @SnoopyDoofie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2052

    "Would you like a ham sandwich?"
    "No, but how about a hand sandwich?"

    • @thetravelinsagittarian1316
      @thetravelinsagittarian1316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hahahaha! 😂🤣😂😂😂

    • @ADEehrh
      @ADEehrh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Too many freakin bones!

    • @beestarjay
      @beestarjay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      A handwich if you will

    • @LuisAzcona
      @LuisAzcona 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      hand and eggs

    • @daegu3071
      @daegu3071 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Looking for this commet lol

  • @user-zu8lq8qe2y
    @user-zu8lq8qe2y 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2171

    Did ik i needed this?
    No.
    Am i glad to have found it?
    Very.

    • @zenaidaviodor1807
      @zenaidaviodor1807 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Smosh: *EVERY TED ED EVER*

    • @emraldswrd
      @emraldswrd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hotel? Trivago

    • @franekkkkk
      @franekkkkk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Weird comment under a cannibalism video

    • @user-zu8lq8qe2y
      @user-zu8lq8qe2y 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@franekkkkk or is it? 👀

  • @sacred-chan157
    @sacred-chan157 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    "You are what you eat"

    • @oochaychukwu
      @oochaychukwu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      this comment is so underrated! this is gold 😂

    • @Terrible_Terror2
      @Terrible_Terror2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

    • @apeman9238
      @apeman9238 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, i am a proud human

  • @kayskreed
    @kayskreed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Gives a whole new meaning to "having a friend over for dinner."

  • @ilya8132
    @ilya8132 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7369

    Why tf am I just learning about Columbus framing people as cannibals to enslave them😭

    • @adrianbrody1683
      @adrianbrody1683 4 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      Cause liberals are deconstructing every historical figure into oblivion

    • @reharm_reality
      @reharm_reality 4 ปีที่แล้ว +790

      @@adrianbrody1683 this video is about the history of cannibalism, and just because they mentioned something bad that Columbus did, it's liberal propaganda?

    • @ionastewart8814
      @ionastewart8814 4 ปีที่แล้ว +425

      @@reharm_reality Don't mind reactionary types like that, they're all really sensitive and you never get anywhere with them.

    • @reharm_reality
      @reharm_reality 4 ปีที่แล้ว +220

      @@ionastewart8814 Thank you, I don't know why I reacted like that... I suppose I get a bit reactionary too when I see comments like that, but you're right, there's no point anyway.

    • @tullipfart5768
      @tullipfart5768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Actually there were cannibals in the Caribbean but the ones he said were weren't it was basically their neighbours the kalinagos that were cannibals so he wasn't lying but he was lying

  • @kingduria7480
    @kingduria7480 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3005

    My Ancestors were Caribs (actual Name were the "Kalinagos") and it wasn't 100% proven that all Caribs were Cannibals.. Christopher Columbus and some of his crew just saw a group of Caribs near some Greasy fried up Meat and *thought* it was Human flesh.
    The Caribs treated him nice because they had never seen a white man or advanced ships in their life so they thought he was a type of God but in reality Caribs in our History Books were actually war like (There is another race that were actually peaceful and are known as "Taino" but are more popularly known as "Arawaks") and there is a theory that said the main reason they ate Human flesh was because they believed that the warrior spirit/skill of a Carib still lies in their flesh when they die so in order to strengthen their warriors they would eat off some of the meat from their fallen Brothers for their skills in combat. This Theory shows that yes, Most *Carib warriors* might of been Cannibals but other Caribs weren't

    • @mohsinakram1998
      @mohsinakram1998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      MIGHT HAVE* BEEN

    • @reharm_reality
      @reharm_reality 4 ปีที่แล้ว +297

      That's really cool! Thank you for sharing, unfortunately there are so many liars in history that it's hard to know the truth.

    • @kingduria7480
      @kingduria7480 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@reharm_reality Your welcome

    • @grimm0214
      @grimm0214 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Mohsin Akram my ancestors were tanio

    • @theguyintheworks8838
      @theguyintheworks8838 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I ate Blake's finger and have obtained his MIGHTY STRENGTH

  • @leiladiallo1639
    @leiladiallo1639 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    TED Ed animators are awesome! Making it fun to learn isn't simple and they do it each time. Great job!

  • @notbrentfaiyaz
    @notbrentfaiyaz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +315

    I feel uncomfortable now when ladies call me a whole snack💀

    • @lovidasmith
      @lovidasmith 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Little did you know they litterally want to eat you💀

    • @Undesignedd
      @Undesignedd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      What does snack mean as a compliment?yummy?

    • @kaijinzens
      @kaijinzens 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Well well Im safe then
      Because no one calls me that 😁

    • @lovidasmith
      @lovidasmith 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Undesignedd They're trying to say you are hot lol

    • @Undesignedd
      @Undesignedd 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lovidasmith danke ❤️

  • @feynstein1004
    @feynstein1004 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5561

    People should never date cannibals. We can't be sure what they mean when they say, "I'd like to have you for dinner."

    • @HumanBeing-hg2fl
      @HumanBeing-hg2fl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Zombie

    • @ZackeryCochran
      @ZackeryCochran 4 ปีที่แล้ว +205

      Take it as a compliment. You look delicious :)

    • @feynstein1004
      @feynstein1004 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @ThunderDrummer Ahaha really smooth, mate :)

    • @Noa0101
      @Noa0101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@ZackeryCochran if she/he is a cannibal or you know what???
      ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @moussedrizzl77
      @moussedrizzl77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      When he held out a banner saying 'Can I eat your @ss at home coming' its not what he meant

  • @zur137
    @zur137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1161

    Me: So what are we learning today?
    TedEd: Eating People. You are about to watch the history of eating people.

    • @ninjaman815
      @ninjaman815 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      BerserkTheKid And you did it too

    • @zur137
      @zur137 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      XXXNINJAXXX BOY I did.

  • @mrabintom
    @mrabintom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    "It's good to have friends for dinner"

  • @jessstoodley7205
    @jessstoodley7205 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I went to a place called Cheddar Gorge, a place in england where the practice of making cheddar cheese was first made in the caves there. They also had a museum of all the people who used to live in those caves and they found evidence of cannibalism within those communities who lived in the caves, really interesting :)

  • @forkoff3522
    @forkoff3522 4 ปีที่แล้ว +775

    "If I'm dead, eat me! Thanks :)"

  • @jesser.o1076
    @jesser.o1076 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3998

    This Columbus guy was shaaaady.
    Y'all shouldn't celebrate the dude blindly

    • @cinthiahm1444
      @cinthiahm1444 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Sad and true

    • @shivrajkukna
      @shivrajkukna 4 ปีที่แล้ว +287

      CB P brought the power on expense of innocents & poor peoples liberty & lives.

    • @Souchi-ito
      @Souchi-ito 4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      We don't. Lots of us know now what he was. Besides this he also did various shady deeds.

    • @mauz791
      @mauz791 4 ปีที่แล้ว +236

      The madlad committed mass rapes and genocides, and Columbus Day still exists

    • @token8390
      @token8390 4 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      @Karen and even that was common knowledge in his time.

  • @user-10174L
    @user-10174L 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The visuals make all these videos so interesting

  • @elfodelputoinfierno
    @elfodelputoinfierno 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    My sociology teacher had a teacher in university that was invited to participate in a cannibalistic ritual of a tribe nearby our state. He was, however, forbidden from retelling exactly what happened as it was a religious pratice of those people, and therefore not only protected by law no matter what but by his own promise to the tribe.
    Dude just ate someone's leg and can't even tell what it tasted like. Smh.

    • @bvillafuerte765
      @bvillafuerte765 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He forgot that human meat is similar to pork meat and that legal doesn't always mean legitimate.

  • @justin2308
    @justin2308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1702

    Queen of Spain: Grants Columbus permission to enslave cannibals.
    Europe: Demands powder made of ground up human body parts.
    Pot, meet Kettle....

    • @tullipfart5768
      @tullipfart5768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      The hypocrisy

    • @onigireee
      @onigireee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Entire history books could have that title.

    • @justin2308
      @justin2308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Onigiree Yep, have to agree

    • @jiangciyang3860
      @jiangciyang3860 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      if they could just make minecraft villager eat each other so i can enslave them...

    • @DavidLopez-pc7yg
      @DavidLopez-pc7yg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Michael VR they probably didn't kill only to eat flesh, they did it as a ritual after war raids.

  • @pandorabox7430
    @pandorabox7430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +482

    I just had an ad saying " PUT an end to HUNGER" before trying to watch a vid on a brief history of cannibalism lol😅😶😶😶😶

  • @bilalkhaldi6636
    @bilalkhaldi6636 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a great, helpful explanation technique I really enjoy :)

  • @itsghostyidiottt9325
    @itsghostyidiottt9325 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you, I used this during my class to explain about how people also stole mummies back then to use them as medical care. My teacher was happy to see me explain things.

  • @chinar10
    @chinar10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +779

    That is a bit creepy how they give their parents leg meat it gives me chills

    • @erischama1922
      @erischama1922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      it was a really old custom that nobody practices now, and treated like an exaggerated metaphor for filial piety
      but FYI, buns dipped in human blood (usually from executed criminals) were a popular folk remedy for tuberculosis until the early 20th century in China, documented in Lu Xun's story "Medicine"

    • @jasonkinzie8835
      @jasonkinzie8835 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Me to, but they really believed this might save their parents lives. So in a way it's quite touching!

    • @chinar10
      @chinar10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@jasonkinzie8835 yes i belive in culture but isn’t that a lil bit too far?

    • @methane385
      @methane385 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@chinar10 I think it is stopped now.
      So no reason to feel sad. As in history we have more weird customs );

    • @vivianl.2077
      @vivianl.2077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Is 21 century i grow up I'm china nobod does that anymore, watch the video carefully

  • @timezone5259
    @timezone5259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +542

    Hey TED-ED hope you read this,
    Can you please make an animation on the origins of TED and how it expanded.
    Love to see how your hard work rewarded you with your success.

    • @hutauruk_andika
      @hutauruk_andika 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      And please discuss the iconic opening music too. It is awesome!

    • @ifyourereplyingtomycomment1941
      @ifyourereplyingtomycomment1941 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      YEAH! that would be great! Especially for the people who just subbed to Ted-ed
      :)

    • @danielfansgroup
      @danielfansgroup 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      who come up with the idea of quote

  • @tumers01
    @tumers01 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Literally Amazing! Also really encouraging, thank for your beautiful work :)

  • @nikkiewhite476
    @nikkiewhite476 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I learned a lot from this episode. Thank you

  • @artsyariesinc
    @artsyariesinc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +873

    It’s crazy to think how our morals have evolved in certain ways and not evolved in others given the times. Very interesting video!

    • @Catalistic
      @Catalistic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      "Tradition is the corpse of wisdom"

    • @Dell-ol6hb
      @Dell-ol6hb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Artsy Aries well I think Cannibalism has almost always been viewed as a taboo or morally unacceptable, but when you haven’t eaten in a month or two it isn’t hard to convince yourself to eat your fellow man, especially if he/she is already dead.

    • @REHANKHAN-en5zn
      @REHANKHAN-en5zn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's an interesting way of thinking.

    • @Madhattersinjeans
      @Madhattersinjeans 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Dell-ol6hb There are many cases of cannibalism occuring in sieges most recent example is the siege of Leningrad in WW2.
      Starvation will convince you to eat anything.

  • @KylaOLIVER
    @KylaOLIVER 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    4:29
    " On a cannibalism kick? "
    *yes actually*

  • @user-ch2hl4er6s
    @user-ch2hl4er6s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1978

    *When you realize you've been chewing your fingernails and biting your lip while watching the video*

    • @toqa6735
      @toqa6735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Stop

    • @rxscydanie
      @rxscydanie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Thanks. I hate it.

    • @user-ch2hl4er6s
      @user-ch2hl4er6s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@toqa6735 no

    • @user-ch2hl4er6s
      @user-ch2hl4er6s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@rxscydanie you're welcome :)

    • @lovidasmith
      @lovidasmith 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @variety byun Damn I did that before🤧

  • @katien.1921
    @katien.1921 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1418

    I actually love this animation and art style! Keep up the good work!!!

    • @katien.1921
      @katien.1921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not me forgetting about this video, rediscovering it, and seeing my own comment with almost 1k likes and a heart from Ted Ed 🥵

  • @mrinmoyeehimu2536
    @mrinmoyeehimu2536 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like their video.. Not so long, funny and informative..Thanks Ted- Ed..❤️❤️..

  • @blearyblazon4355
    @blearyblazon4355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like how the music stopped when they mentioned mummia

  • @retardpillprovider492
    @retardpillprovider492 4 ปีที่แล้ว +384

    4:10
    Plays happy music over animated people eating each other
    This is my type of show

  • @Alvaro-em1dj
    @Alvaro-em1dj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +311

    Cannibal:
    “You looking like a snack;)”
    Me:
    *•_•*

  • @lauraantonina7168
    @lauraantonina7168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This illustrator and his/hers sound effects are hilarious, never thought a history lesson about cannibalism would be so humorous lol

  • @el_rooneyo
    @el_rooneyo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sound effects in this video are top tier

  • @fin7161
    @fin7161 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1519

    Nobody:
    Cannibals: yeet yeet you are now meat!

    • @MadaraUchiha-of9rj
      @MadaraUchiha-of9rj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Olive the Snek underated comment😂

    • @baconettechuuu7991
      @baconettechuuu7991 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@MadaraUchiha-of9rj ɴᴏᴛ ᴀɴʏᴍᴏʀᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴜᴄᴋʏ ɢᴜʏ ɢᴏᴛ ᴀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛᴇᴅ-ᴇᴅ. 😂👌

    • @Thisworldisagoner
      @Thisworldisagoner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Finnie, don't edit your comment. The like from Ted-ed will go away.

    • @user-pz6tb3yq4k
      @user-pz6tb3yq4k 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      * Finnie * wow I never saw ted ed hearting a comment😂😂 damn

    • @jonandmarshakirby5075
      @jonandmarshakirby5075 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 I don’t know whether to laugh or just laugh! That’s how funny it is! 😂☺️😂🤣

  • @fardeen2466
    @fardeen2466 3 ปีที่แล้ว +367

    * People dies *
    Also People: "It's free real estate"

    • @lovidasmith
      @lovidasmith 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Free food🤠

  • @lorismartinoperfetto6908
    @lorismartinoperfetto6908 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The final is fantastic

  • @MS-fe3vo
    @MS-fe3vo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I knew my search history would bring me here sooner or later

  • @tungusbadungusdepardeux4757
    @tungusbadungusdepardeux4757 4 ปีที่แล้ว +285

    Are we just not gonna talk about the Aztecs here?
    *OK*

    • @shrimptails9598
      @shrimptails9598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Tungus Badungus DePardeux Aztecs don’t really eat them. They usually made blood sacrifices, and not turning them into food. But yes, I also thought of this.

    • @hiimryan2388
      @hiimryan2388 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      SleepyBunny Music don't the priest sometimes eat the hearts of the sacrificed...

    • @nengyang5664
      @nengyang5664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@hiimryan2388 I heard they eat the leg too.......

    • @DeandreSteven
      @DeandreSteven 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Cannibalism was actually quite common and well documented during the seige of tenochtitlan, the spaniards wrote it down, and the aztecs bragged about it in their few remaining texts that were spared by the franciscan monks.

    • @raiderraza6945
      @raiderraza6945 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aztecs really didn't do it.

  • @jesso.4971
    @jesso.4971 4 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    Continues munching on Gingerbread Man cookie. The pattern continues. Haha.

  • @smegmalasagna
    @smegmalasagna 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had no idea about mumia. That is awesome.

  • @arealhumanbeing4651
    @arealhumanbeing4651 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watching this video while having breakfast makes for a new experience

  • @saujanyaroy4942
    @saujanyaroy4942 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    During the Bengal famine of 1943, cannibalism of old people was really common. It was a horrible time, people were dying, it gives me goosebumps till this date whenever I think about this calamity. You know, hunger is terrible force, it can make you do things that are otherwise considered immoral and unethical.

    • @2x2leax
      @2x2leax 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And exist British that are proud of that...

    • @saujanyaroy4942
      @saujanyaroy4942 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@2x2leax sad but true.

    • @bvillafuerte765
      @bvillafuerte765 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      One of several genocides carried out by the British led by Winston Churchill and George 6 of the United Kingdom.

  • @finnlevy9508
    @finnlevy9508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Ted Ed animations just make it so much better

    • @PHOTOLOIART
      @PHOTOLOIART 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/xyO_Wpkb-Yk/w-d-xo.html

  • @social.media.command
    @social.media.command ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for your report.

  • @mactac7219
    @mactac7219 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Watching while eating is changing my appetite, yes changing.

  • @beckyking7967
    @beckyking7967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Somebody: *dies*
    Cannibals: "soup time..."

  • @ahnaafnaaeer1882
    @ahnaafnaaeer1882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    I love it how Ted ed gives relentless effort to make learning and education enjoyable and effective. Thank you so much for paving the path of light and spreading awareness

  • @totalfreedom45
    @totalfreedom45 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    What's one of the items you find in a cannibal's shower?
    Head & Shoulders 🤣

  • @FisDraws
    @FisDraws 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    He just says it all so calmly-

  • @dayg0re709
    @dayg0re709 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    It's so amazing that I've learnt so much from this channel alone, thank you so much TedEd!!!

  • @RitualBlix
    @RitualBlix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +305

    Thank you TedEd, very cool!

    • @derpynoob9843
      @derpynoob9843 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It isnt even five minutes and you already say it is good

    • @bluehabs
      @bluehabs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      cool post, thanks for sharing

  • @inconspicuous9397
    @inconspicuous9397 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is so cool for me, cause I’m from the nearby island of Trinidad and we’re taught about Caribs and Arawaks (the more peaceful community) at such a young age

  • @fluffyorangutan5606
    @fluffyorangutan5606 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really liked this video, thanks

  • @Niiue
    @Niiue 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Ted-Ed brings us the weirdest of topics and makes them great to watch. From the animation to the narrator to the story or to the topic themselves.
    Many thanks, Ted-Ed

  • @BetterTomorrowUntil2025
    @BetterTomorrowUntil2025 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1525

    Do you know how Cannibalists call Usain Bolt?
    Fast-Food...

    • @sangeetanaidu8066
      @sangeetanaidu8066 4 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      Do you know how Cannibals call me?
      Junk-Food...

    • @adamvarghesesatish3337
      @adamvarghesesatish3337 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@ibodana it's all right they call me
      Chinese food

    • @night-v5258
      @night-v5258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      They call me Chinese Food

    • @geo3106
      @geo3106 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      They call me mud food.

    • @sudiptimainali5664
      @sudiptimainali5664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      i- i cant even

  • @sohanas2cool562
    @sohanas2cool562 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    can we just appreciate how much time and effort the Ted Ed team takes ☝🏽

  • @sukritisardar9494
    @sukritisardar9494 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    They should add this in my country's history subject, it will become super interesting to read about human cannibalism

  • @irisreeeeeeeeves
    @irisreeeeeeeeves 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    “columbus said what? the natives eat people? oh, how terrible, how awful-where’s my mummia”

  • @albertamalachi3560
    @albertamalachi3560 4 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    Calling others as cannibals is quite improper.
    Some would rather call themselves _'Humanitarians',_ you know? ;p

    • @onlyonemitch5049
      @onlyonemitch5049 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Oh, vegetarians and human-eatarians

    • @mr.h5436
      @mr.h5436 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@onlyonemitch5049 I tried to make vegan stew but the screaming was awful. :)

    • @thetravelinsagittarian1316
      @thetravelinsagittarian1316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @natasharules770
      @natasharules770 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@onlyonemitch5049 I wanted to say human-eatarians but you beat me to it

    • @ValetudoTheNeko
      @ValetudoTheNeko 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love vegan humanitarians recipes like chickpea tofu feet toast😍

  • @pyqshawn9449
    @pyqshawn9449 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Me: alrighty it’s time for bed, I’ve checked my facebook, twitter, and all my social media platforms and....
    TH-cam: ya want to watch a brief history for *cannibalism* ?
    *Me: i don’t need healthy sleep, i need answers.*

  • @psychromaniac3525
    @psychromaniac3525 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a surprisingly cheerful animation for such a gruesome topic.

  • @junchenlow5781
    @junchenlow5781 4 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    In a nutshell and TedEd are really the best channels. The animation, the narration and the music. so gooooddddd :DD

    • @bis9817
      @bis9817 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree, it's Kurgzaert though (I'm sure I didn't spell it correctly)

    • @cinnamongirl255
      @cinnamongirl255 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree!

    • @Cemhta
      @Cemhta 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh yes I deeply love Kurzgezast

    • @green0563
      @green0563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kurzgesagt. It's a tough name, I spent time learning it once! 🤣

  • @lucyh.9933
    @lucyh.9933 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    absolutely amazing script and animations, though! every single video you guys make is always so well-thought-out and educational; thank you, Ted-ED!

  • @matthewmann8969
    @matthewmann8969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Some parts of Asia, Africa, The Americas, Oceania, etc still practice this in certain piles

  • @ssueshil
    @ssueshil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My friend in high school mentioned this 3:25 - his sister was sick.

  • @marcusvachon845
    @marcusvachon845 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love the educational tidbits that you develop. Keep making these informative videos coming. Thank you.

  • @Germania9
    @Germania9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Watching this while having some fava beans and a nice Chianti.

    • @janedoe805
      @janedoe805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Zedfinite
      Thank goodness I’m wasn’t the only person thinking the same thing. Now, I don’t feel so creepy. 😳😂🤣😂

    • @danicafont003
      @danicafont003 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zedfinite Ah, yes, a Hannibal reference 👏🏻👏🏻

  • @sabunkambule2115
    @sabunkambule2115 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    cool video. thank you

  • @jaisonsimon
    @jaisonsimon ปีที่แล้ว +5

    4:20 "People have been eating each other.."💀💀😭😭😭😭

  • @chalkaholicasmr6823
    @chalkaholicasmr6823 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    2:00 now that's what I call a knuckle sandwich

  • @adeshpoz1167
    @adeshpoz1167 4 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    Ok..I don't think my body likes the video. 😰

    • @pierreuntel1970
      @pierreuntel1970 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Why not? It's full of yummy meat and protein

    • @adeshpoz1167
      @adeshpoz1167 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@pierreuntel1970 hey! Don't do that! I don't feel good about ya. 😰😰😰😰😰

    • @adeshpoz1167
      @adeshpoz1167 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Badr eddin ok dude. Be ready to be my dinner then. I won't hesitate now. 😐

  • @TheGuggo
    @TheGuggo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This brief history is just an appetizer

  • @SiD19884
    @SiD19884 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    watching this during lunch break

  • @thatdumbguy2881
    @thatdumbguy2881 4 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    Why is this in my recommended? I don't even like people

    • @Ben-sn4tu
      @Ben-sn4tu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The way you say that implies that you’ve tried eating people before.

    • @kiuthrunlims1344
      @kiuthrunlims1344 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Just to let you know that people are actually tasty

    • @abdulhadimalik3312
      @abdulhadimalik3312 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I got this in my recommendation after I watched trailer of Pakistani movie "durj (the casket)" which is based on cannibalism .

    • @Ben-sn4tu
      @Ben-sn4tu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Badr eddin Thanks for the insight! I’ll avoid humans from now on.

    • @deim1nk419
      @deim1nk419 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fun fact: According to some cannibals, humans taste like chicken and sometimes when you cook them, they have the same texture as a steak.

  • @___s385
    @___s385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Fun fact: Caliban, a character from Shakespeare's play 'Tempest', his name is actually an anagram for cannibal.

    • @pranavlimaye
      @pranavlimaye 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ....that's not how acronyms work
      It's actually an ANAGRAM

    • @karoline9835
      @karoline9835 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i never knew that! thanks for sharing.

    • @josiahklein70
      @josiahklein70 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Minus one n.

    • @pranavlimaye
      @pranavlimaye 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@josiahklein70
      Hmm

    • @___s385
      @___s385 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pranavlimaye yeah you're right 😅