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Scientists probe Donner party bones for cannibalism clues
A team using forensic tools studies tea cup shards bones and other artifacts from a Tahoe National Forest dig to prove if cannibalism occurred among the Donner party in 1846 The project seeks to identify who ate whom and why while humanizing the travelers and survivors Involving experts from multiple universities the effort aims to produce the first concrete account of the final days and death tolls
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago
West
Donner
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Springfield
Ill
University of Montana
Kelly Dixon
Tahoe National Forest
Sacramento
Calif
Dixon
University of Oregon
Julie Schablitsky
Tamsen Donner
Guy Tasa
Tasa
Scott
Uncle Milt