'Uncontacted tribe' sighted in Amazon
"Researchers have produced aerial photos of jungle dwellers who they say are among the few remaining peoples on Earth who have had no contact with the outside world.
Taken from a small airplane, the photos show men outside thatched communal huts, necks craned upward, pointing bows toward the air in a remote corner of the Amazonian rainforest.
The National Indian Foundation, a government agency in Brazil, published the photos Thursday on its Web site. It tracks "uncontacted tribes" -- indigenous groups that are thought to have had no contact with outsiders -- and seeks to protect them from encroachment..."
source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/30/brazil.tribes/index.html
If this information is true, this is an extraordinary discovery. This little world is amazing.
Taken from a small airplane, the photos show men outside thatched communal huts, necks craned upward, pointing bows toward the air in a remote corner of the Amazonian rainforest.
The National Indian Foundation, a government agency in Brazil, published the photos Thursday on its Web site. It tracks "uncontacted tribes" -- indigenous groups that are thought to have had no contact with outsiders -- and seeks to protect them from encroachment..."
source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/30/brazil.tribes/index.html
If this information is true, this is an extraordinary discovery. This little world is amazing.