That's a postdoc rationalization based on your western perspectives There are more than a few cultures which disprove your general angle, on South East Asia th

That's a postdoc rationalization based on your western perspectives There are more than a few cultures which disprove your general angle, on South East Asia there are still a couple cannibal groups, which base their cannibalism on eating perceived witches and did it on a semiritualistic fashion to ensure that the witches spirits could not come back and haunt them/put a spell on them There are many, many, many references of through the discovery of SEA islets of colonizers finding Cannibal tribes and groups whom would instead eat them to (is through) acquiring "their power" which is a strong motif that's replicated on West and Central African animistic groups and tribes Do remember reading of more than a couple times several years ago of reading East European cannibal tribes through the 700s, and this was beyond the post Roman vilification of "barbarians" Anyhow my core is that, this is quite, quite common throughout human history, same with human sacrifice Apologies for lack of references I am on my phone, I'll add them later