237:, who between November 1975 and April 1976, interviewed Marcos Rodríguez in order to study the educational measures necessary for integration into society. The anthropologist stated that the causes of Marcos' abandonment were not fortuitous, but deliberate and the result of a socio-economic context of extreme poverty. The researcher also stressed that Marcos' survival was possible thanks to the basic skills acquired in the previous phase of his abandonment, as well as his extraordinary natural intelligence. During his isolation the child learned the noises of the animals with which he lived and used them to communicate with them, while little by little he abandoned human language.
162:, where his mother died giving birth to her eighth child, who died shortly thereafter when Marcos was three years old. His father then married another woman who already had a child from a previous marriage. His stepmother subjected him to cruel abuse while she was in charge. In the 1950s they settled in
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Once he was again immersed in a social environment, after his "rescue" by the Civil Guard, he made a slow readaptation to human customs (food, clothing, language, etc.), still manifesting in adulthood preference for life in the field and for animals (with which he has a special understanding) and he
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Nuns employed at a nearby hospital along with a priest taught him, again, the use of speech, how to dress, walk upright, and eat with cutlery. He was admitted to the
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By 1954, Marcos had spent much of his young life being abused by his stepmother. That year, aged seven, he was sold or delivered to a local landowner who put him under the care of a goat shepherd. The child was to serve as future replacement for the shepherd, but was abandoned to nature after the
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developed some animosity for the noise and smell of cities, considering that life with humans is worse than life with animals. He considers that the hardships he suffered once he was reintroduced into society could have been alleviated in large part if the State had intervened in time.
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