Startling survival story at historic Jamestown: Physical evidence of survival cannibalism
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 19:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A forensic analysis of 17th-century human remains proves that survival cannibalism took place in historic Jamestown, Virginia. The findings answer a long-standing question among historians about the occurrence of cannibalism at Jamestown during the deadly winter of 1609-1610 known as the "starving time" -- a period during which about 80 percent of the colonists died.