Question

When anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon first confronted the Yanomamo tribe of South America, he became nauseated at the sight of their customs and social environment. Chagnon experienced:

Answer 1

Chagnon experienced a culture shock at the sight of the customs and social environment that the Yanomamo tribe of South America practiced and lived in.

Explanation:

• The extremely orthodox and bewildering practices that were followed by the people of the Yanomamo tribe disturbed anthropologist Chagnon.
• The conflicts among themselves and their habit of attacking each other was one reason that suffered a culture shock.
• He recorded the practices and the social environment of the tribe to be the strangest that he had ever experienced with any other tribe that he had come across.