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Patagonian Giants
Type: Rumor. Summary: A rumor that circulated in England in the eighteenth century suggested that Commodore Byron had discovered a race of giants in South America. “A sailor giving a Patagonian woman a piece of bread for her baby."—Detail from the frontispiece to A Voyage round the World, in his…
Stone Age Tasaday
Type: Anthropological Hoax. Summary: A primitive, stone-age tribe found living in a rain forest in the Philippines was later alleged to be an elaborate fake. Table of Contents The Tasaday As A Real Tribe The Tasaday As A Fake Tribe The Revenge of the Tasaday Making Sense of the Tasaday…
Vilcabamba
Type: Anthropological Hoax. Summary: During the 1970s, the Ecuadorian town of Vilcabamba became famous because of the apparent longevity of its residents. The town’s small population appeared to include numerous people over the age of 100. Later researchers discovered that the town’s elderly residents were systematically exaggerating their ages. In…
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Patagonian Giants
Type: Rumor. Summary: A rumor that circulated in England in the eighteenth century suggested that Commodore Byron had discovered a race of giants in South America. “A sailor giving a Patagonian woman a piece of bread for her baby."—Detail from the frontispiece to A Voyage round the World, in his…
Stone Age Tasaday
Type: Anthropological Hoax. Summary: A primitive, stone-age tribe found living in a rain forest in the Philippines was later alleged to be an elaborate fake. Table of Contents The Tasaday As A Real Tribe The Tasaday As A Fake Tribe The Revenge of the Tasaday Making Sense of the Tasaday…
Vilcabamba
Type: Anthropological Hoax. Summary: During the 1970s, the Ecuadorian town of Vilcabamba became famous because of the apparent longevity of its residents. The town’s small population appeared to include numerous people over the age of 100. Later researchers discovered that the town’s elderly residents were systematically exaggerating their ages. In…