Researchers denounce revived theory of Caribbean cannibalism
Date Time Researchers denounce revived theory of Caribbean cannibalism In January 2020, a prestigious scientific journal published a paper that revived a long-discredited theory, first suggested by the explorer Christopher Columbus: A group of marauding cannibals from South America descended on islands of the Caribbean circa A.D. 800, terrorizing local populations. The report immediately caught the attention of other archaeologists, anthropologists and historians, including Scott Fitzpatrick, a professor of archaeology at the UO and associate director of the Museum of Natural and Cultural His...
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