Darkness in El Dorado: How Scientists and Journalists Devastated the Amazon by Patrick Tierney

Patrick Tierney exposes one of the most shocking scandals in modern anthropology — the exploitation and devastation of the Yanomami people in the Amazon by researchers, filmmakers, and journalists. Drawing on years of investigation, Tierney reveals how scientific ambition and media sensationalism led to cultural disruption, violence, and epidemic disease among one of the world’s most isolated tribes. Darkness in El Dorado examines the moral failures of those who sought fame at the expense of indigenous lives, challenging long-held assumptions about ethics, truth, and responsibility in field research.