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Napoleon Chagnon: A Life of Controversy in Anthropology

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Nyakundi Report

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This archive report was first published on 1 October 2019.

Published on October 1, 2019, the passing of Napoleon Chagnon, an 81-year-old anthropologist, marked the end of an era in the field of anthropology.

Chagnon's studies of the Amazon's Yanomami people catapulted them to international fame, but also put him at the center of a heated scholarly storm.

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