Incredible pictures of one of Earth's last uncontacted tribes firing bows and arrows

Daily Mail ^ | 5/29/08 | Michael Hanlon

[Ditter]

They probably paint themselves for insect/mosquito protection. Different days, different colors.

[DannyTN]

"Best to send in CPS to take their kids away."

Can't do that anymore. You have to prove immediate danger for each and every child. If CPS was trying to remove a palestinian child suicide bomber, they would have to prove the pin had already been pulled and the bomb could go at any time.

[Billthedrill]

Listen, these guys put their pants on the same way you an I do...Uh, their not wearing pants...Never mind.

No, you were right. I mean, walk a mile in their shoes...oh, wait a minute...

[tbw2]

Don’t forget death by malaria, childbirth, and puma/cougar consumption.

[faq]

Some of the objects in that picture look metalic. Maybe I should check out this possible El Dorado unknown tribe for my next vacation.

[SouthDixie]

“And for good reason. The history of contact, between indigenous tribes and the outside world, has always been an unhappy one.”

Can’t blame them, ‘the outside world’, as a whole, is a fickle animal and not to be trusted.

[LiteKeeper]

read later

[meowmeow]

He should’ve dropped a Coke bottle in their camp.

Rats! I was excited that I could be the first person to say that - but you beat me at post #56!

[Vision]

What is it with the Brits and their fascination with primitive people? There is at least two tv shows where they go live or hang out with them. They can't get enough.

[freekitty]

I agree and good one.

[Eagle Eye]

Or that the Caveman show only lasted about 7 episodes!

[fish hawk]

Want to see a well made movie about this very subject, see “At Play In The Fields Of The Lord”. (Tom Berenger)

[TexasRepublic]

What is it with the Brits and their fascination with primitive people? There is at least two tv shows where they go live or hang out with them. They can't get enough.

There's all the primitives they'd want in Brixton. I felt lucky to escape there with my life.

[indcons]

Great post....I agree.

[BARLF]

I think that woman is Michelle

[untenured]

Hunter-gatherers typically experienced greater freedom and autonomy, greater height and health, and probably lived a better life than early urban humans.

The ones who died of Type I diabetes, or from an infected cut on their toe, or appendicitis, or other easily treatable conditions, probably didn't. I do know that anyone in a modern society today is free to live a hunter-gatherer lifestyle if he is so inclined, but that few do.

[untenured]

Sorry, I didn’t notice your “early urban” qualifier. Although there would not be today’s version of modernity without earlier modernity.

[IronJack]

Why is it assumed that people who live primitively, suffer from all diseases in the rain forest and believe they can take down airplanes with arrows are somehow happier living that way?

It's called "The Myth of the Noble Savage," the fallacious construct which maintains that people unsullied by the touch of "civilization" are somehow more morally pure or altruistic than those who have been depraved by indoor plumbing and clothing. Think "Dances with Wolves" meets "King Kong."

[allmendream]

Notice I said “early urban humans”. They were just as susceptible, if not more so, because they had “doctors” who would operate with infected equipment, and “hospitals” to spread diseases.

And do you suppose that these hunter gatherers are healthier and happier than people living in the slums of Rio de Jinero? Because that is their choice if they “join society” in their region. Freedom and a healthy happy life in the jungle, or poverty and disease in the slums with an open sewer running beside your shack.

The majority of urban dwellers on earth, even today, do not live like “modern society”; they live in much worse conditions than those eking a life out of the rain-forest.

[traditional1]

Looks like downtown Dee-Troyt!