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When you eat meat, you’re eating muscle — the same tissue that moves your own body. This episode explores the anatomical overlap between butcher’s cuts and human muscles, and what cannibals and curious journalists have reported about the smell and taste of human flesh. A brief lesson in comparative anatomy, with some unsettling culinary implications.
By Dr Sarah HolperWhen you eat meat, you’re eating muscle — the same tissue that moves your own body. This episode explores the anatomical overlap between butcher’s cuts and human muscles, and what cannibals and curious journalists have reported about the smell and taste of human flesh. A brief lesson in comparative anatomy, with some unsettling culinary implications.