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Conquistadors ‘turned to cannibalism during invasion of Americas’

Mass slaughter, torture, rape and human sacrifice were among the atrocities committed during the conflicts prompted by the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in the “New World”.

To them can be added another: cannibalism committed by the Spanish invaders. Such were the deprivations suffered by the Spaniards during their conquests that they were driven to eating their enemies, a new study has suggested.

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