Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Voice of America: Experts Find Evidence of Cannibalism at Early US Settlement

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Experts Find Evidence of Cannibalism at Early US Settlement
May 1st 2013, 22:13

Historians have found the first firm evidence that starving colonists at America's first English settlement resorted to cannibalism. Forensic experts from Washington's Smithsonian Institution say they found the bones of a 14-year-old girl among the remains of horses, cats and dogs at Jamestown, Virginia. They say the girl's remains show sloppy and desperate signs of butchering, including chops to the head in an apparent effort to take out her brain for food. English-speaking ...

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