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Evidence of Cannibalism Found at Jamestown Site
Smithsonian researchers and Jamestown archaeologists report the first solid archaeological proof that early Jamestown settlers survived the starving time by cannibalizing, dating the remains of a 14 year old girl to 1609 1610 and linking it to the winter famine that killed hundreds.
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Jamestown
Washington
America
Smithsonian
National Museum of Natural History
Douglas Owsley
Jamestown Colony
George Percy
Percy
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John Smith
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William Kelso
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