Rumble in the Jungle

A bitter scientific dispute erupts around the Yanomami Indians

Napolean A. Chagnon got a rude shock when he first trekked through the Venezuelan rainforest to a Yanomami village in 1964. The aspiring anthropologist expected that the then-obscure Amazonian natives would gladly describe their family histories and marriage practices.

A Yanomami man demonstrates how to use his super-sized bow and arrow.