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Due to the cold and lack of food people began to die off and some of those remaining turned to cannibalism to survive . accounts that some members of the Donner Party resorted to cannibalism to survive during the winter of 1846-47 . Due to the erred advice of a guidebook , the Donner Party finds itself snowbound in the Sierra Nevada Mountains , and arrives at its destination in California only after turning to cannibalism to survive . Survivors spent two weeks on a makeshift raft , without food or drink , suffering from the heat during the day and cold at night , and resorted to cannibalism to stay alive . For example , Nzingha , the 17th century " king " ( she preferred this title to " queen " ) in Portuguese West Africa was so opportunistic she converted to cannibalism to impress another tribe . One study even suggests the bears are turning to cannibalism to survive .