On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:37:21 -0700 (PDT), Rita B. Flesh wrote:

> I wonder how many people in the 19th and 20th century
> were eaten by cannibals...
> 
> I suppose many people were eaten during the wars.
> 
> Is that true???


European laws for hundreds of years have made such behavior illegal even in
times of great stress as such people who do such things would have reasons
to cover up. A good book on one such  case is "the law of the sea."