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‘Proof’ Jamestown settlers turned to cannibalism

5.1.13

By: Liz Kent León

Bones offer proof that the Starving Time of the winter of 1609-10 forced the first permanent British settlers in North America to turn to cannibalism.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22362831#FBM233227

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