It takes the average reader 9 hours and 12 minutes to read Noble Savages by Napoleon A. Chagnon
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC MEMOIRS OF OUR TIME When Napoleon Chagnon arrived in Venezuela’s Amazon region in 1964 to study the Yanomamö Indians, one of the last large tribal groups still living in isolation, he expected to find Rousseau’s “noble savages,” so-called primitive people living contentedly in a pristine state of nature. Instead Chagnon discovered a remarkably violent society. Men who killed others had the most wives and offspring, their violence possibly giving them an evolutionary advantage. The prime reasons for violence, Chagnon found, were to avenge deaths and, if...
Noble Savages by Napoleon A. Chagnon is 544 pages long, and a total of 138,176 words.
This makes it 184% the length of the average book. It also has 169% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 35 minutes to read Noble Savages aloud.
Noble Savages is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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