Yanomamö: The Fierce People
First paperback edition, 1967 | |
| Authors | Napoleon Chagnon |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | anthropological study of Yanomami |
| Publisher | Holt, Rinehart and Winston |
Publication date | 1968 |
| Pages | xiv, 142 |
| ISBN | 9780030710704 |
| OCLC | 68650 |
Yanomamö: The Fierce People is a 1968 book by American cultural anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon. It is an ethnographic study of the Yanomami people of the Amazon.
The book has become a bestseller and widely used in university anthropology classes. It has also been controversial for its depiction of Yanomamö society as particularly violent, and Chagnon's interpretation that this characteristic is a result of biological differences acquired through natural selection.