New glimpse of ‘lost’ tribe

Quick, hide the iPads! ... tribe brandish spears

 

 

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HUDDLED together, spears at the ready to ward off a passing iron bird - it's a new glimpse of a "lost" tribe.

These red-painted Indians, snapped from the air in a remote Brazilian jungle, are said to be cut off from the world as one of the last "uncontacted tribes". Their discovery follows similar finds in Paraguay, Papua New Guinea and the Andaman Islands.

Remote ... tribe's position

And photos of this group's primitive rainforest settlement reveal metal goods including a knife and a pan - suggesting they might not be quite as "cut off" as they seem.
Between 50 and 100 Indians are thought to be living in the village, near the Brazilian-Peruvian border.
The "uncontacted" natives were also snapped three years ago.
They are believed to be descended from tribes torn apart during the region's rubber boom a century ago.
Many were killed by disease, which experts say may have left them wary of contact with outsiders.
Brazilian authorities have been monitoring the area amid fears illegal loggers are threatening the tribe, images of whom will be featured in the Jungles episode of BBC1's Human Planet on Thursday.

Found ... member of the tribe in Brazilian jungle home

Gleilson Miranda/Funai/Survival

The pictures show a thriving, healthy community plus baskets full of papaya fresh from their gardens and containers of vegetables, fish or game covered with banana leaves.
Who knows, they might even have some Apple-related items among the fruit...
For more information, visit www.uncontactedtribes.org .