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Scientists seek proof cannibalism in Donner Party bones
A multi university team excavating in Tahoe National Forest hopes to prove cannibalism occurred among Donner party members during the 1846 snowbound ordeal. They analyze bone fragments for the three Bs burning breakage and butchery plus boiling signs to reveal who participated and why, humanizing those involved in one of 19th century America’s grim frontier episodes.
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Chicago
Donner
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Springfield
West
University of Montana Historical
Kelly Dixon
Tahoe National Forest
Sacramento
Calif
G. Richard Scott
University of Nevada
Reno
Kristin Johnson