1. How to protect the last free-living humans
Michael Gross 
Current Biology 
Volume 25, Issue 15, Pages R635-R638 (August 2015)
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2. Life apart: Uncontacted MashcoPiro Indians on a riverbank near the Manú National Park, Peru. (Photo: © Jean-Paul Van Belle/Survival International.)
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3. Last refuge: The house and garden where the ‘last of his tribe’ grows manioc and other vegetables, Brazil. (Photo: © J. Pessoa/Survival International.)
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4. Protected areas: Protecting the territories of indigenous tribes also turns out to be an efficient way of protecting the rainforest. This satellite picture shows Amazonian rainforests in the west of Brazil protected by indigenous territories. (Photo: © Google Earth.)
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5. Family life: The Awá in Brazil live in extended family groups — several hundred of them in contact but a larger number still uncontacted. Like many Amazonian Indians, Awá carry young babies in slings, traditionally made from palm fibres, but nowadays from cloth. (Photo: © Domenico Pugliese/Survival International.)
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