Starving Virginia settlers turned to cannibalism in 1609: study

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Starving Virginia settlers turned to cannibalism in 1609: study

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/starving-virginia-settlers-turned-cannibalism-1609-study-185523725.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fPes0gRe21ZBW5KmZJmEwQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-01T210924Z_1_CBRE9401MRR00_RTROPTP_2_CANNIBALISM-JAMESTOWN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Several sharp cuts to the bottom of a mandible excavated at the Jamestown Rediscovery Project are pictured in this December 2012 handout photo provided by the Smithsonian Institute" align="left" title="Several sharp cuts to the bottom of a mandible excavated at the Jamestown Rediscovery Project are pictured in this December 2012 handout photo provided by the Smithsonian Institute" border="0" /></a>By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Settlers at Virginia's Jamestown Colony resorted to cannibalism to survive the harsh winter of 1609, dismembering and consuming a 14-year-old English girl, the U.S. Smithsonian Institution reported on Wednesday. This is the first direct evidence of cannibalism at Jamestown, the oldest permanent English colony in the Americas, according to the Washington-based museum and research complex. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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