It is not surprising to me that Chagnon was cancelled over false accusations, which were accepted with undue credulity by his colleagues. As this author alludes

It is not surprising to me that Chagnon was cancelled over false accusations, which were accepted with undue credulity by his colleagues. As this author alludes, and my own experience has also shown, too much of anthropology seems to have an unfortunate culture of gossip-driven ideological conformity. Dissent from the party line, and it will be discovered, one way or another, that you are a Bad Person.