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Evidence for End-stage Cannibalism on Sir John Franklin's Last Expedition to the Arctic, 1845

S. Mays, O. Beattie, 2016. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 26(5): 778-786.

Breakage and "pot polish" on bones from Erebus Bay, read as boiling of bones for marrow in the last stage of starvation.

MYS0D59JQ9Y6A6Y · mystery · click to copyMFranklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)Articledoi: 10.1002/oa.2479Checked against the original0

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Evidence of the extremity of the final months.

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Mays, S., & Beattie, O. (2016). Evidence for End-stage Cannibalism on Sir John Franklin's Last Expedition to the Arctic, 1845. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 26(5): 778-786. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.2479
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