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The surprisingly ancient origins of the “savage peoples” myth

The confluence of two cultures is always fraught with misunderstandings, miscommunications, and misinterpretations. But perhaps no case exemplifies this more fully than that of the Yanomami. In 1968, the Yanomami were catapulted to global fame after the American anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon published his shocking, compelling and highly…

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