AKA Napoleon Alphonseau Chagnon

Born: 27-Aug-1938
Birthplace: Port Austin, MI

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Anthropologist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Yanomam�: The Fierce People

Brother: Verdun P. Chagnon
Wife: Carlene (two children)

    University: Michigan College of Mining and Technology (transferred)
    University: BA Anthropology, University of Michigan (1961)
    University: MA Anthropology, University of Michigan (1963)
    University: PhD Anthropology, University of Michigan (1966)
    Professor: Medical School, University of Michigan
    Professor: Pennsylvania State University
    Professor: University of California at Santa Barbara (1984-97)

Author of books:
Yanomam�: The Fierce People (1968, social studies)
Studying the Yanomam� (1974, social studies)
Yanomam�: The Last Days of Eden (1992, social studies)
Noble Savages: My Life Among Two Dangerous Tribes -- the Yanomamo and the Anthropologists (2013, memoir)

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