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Green Snot and Deadly Snakes: Napoleon Chagnon’s Anthropological Battles

The 'Noble Savage'

Anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon caused a storm when he questioned the idea of the “Noble Savage.” Nick Romeo on his jungle adventures.

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