5 of the most isolated tribes in the world

Isolated peoples are communities that live thus by choice or circumstance, without significant contact with world civilization. The number of people who remain in this state today is very small, and indigenous activists believe they should continue as they are, as contact could interfere with their right to self-determination.

According to New Scientist magazine, approximately 100 tribes remain out of touch with the rest of the world, most living in forests in South America, Central Africa and New Guinea. And the discovery of these groups is usually only through tribal warfare or aerial imagery taken from aircraft flying over villages. Check out some of these communities:

1. The Surmas

The Ethiopian Surmas have avoided and have still avoided contact with civilized peoples for years. They are known to insert a kind of disc that surrounds the entire lower lip, live in groups of approximately one hundred people, and have not been in contact with civilization for at least 30 years.

They have lived through the centuries in a very primitive form of livestock as colonizations, world wars and struggles for independence have been taking place around them. The first to keep in touch with the Surmas were Russian doctors in the 1980s, being considered "undead" by the tribe because of their skin color. Interestingly, they use AK-47 guns to protect Russia's gift cattle.

2. Perunan tribe discovered by tourists

Entering the dense forests of Peru, a group of tourists came face to face with members of an unknown tribe. Everything was recorded in a movie, which shows the tribe trying to communicate with tourists.

However, as members of the tribe could not speak Spanish (nor English or any other modern language) and did not understand what the visitors spoke, they soon gave up and left the tourists again where they met.

While inspecting the footage, Peruvian authorities realized that they had come across one of the few remaining unknown tribes in the country. Anthropologists only knew they existed, but they had been looking for years without success.

3. The lonely Brazilian

Somewhere in the Amazon there is a one-man tribe. It always disappears when researchers are on the verge of finding it, making it a legend within the anthropologist community. But why is he so interesting and why can't they leave him alone?

The reason is that he is the only member of an isolated Amazon tribe. In this way he is the only person in the world who retains the customs and language of his people; Contacting him could reveal a treasure trove of information.

4. The tribes of New Guinea

There are dozens of tribal languages, cultures and customs in New Guinea that are still unknown to modern man. However, due to the largely untapped terrain and unknown character of the tribesmen, as well as suspicions of cannibalism, the country's rural area is rarely investigated.

While new tribes are discovered occasionally, many expeditions that set out to track them down are captured - and sometimes they simply disappear. In 1961, for example, Michael Rockefeller, American heir to one of the world's greatest fortunes, split from a search party in New Guinea and disappeared. It is believed to have been captured and eaten by members of one of the tribes.

5. The Brazilian Tribe

One of the most famous isolated tribes of today is Brazilian. They were discovered when a helicopter flying over Acre to another village spotted members, their homes and plantations in December 2016.

Identifying a possible threat, the Indians, who looked surprised and angry, reacted and fired dozens of arrows in an attempt to drive away the aircraft, which flew over the region for 7 minutes. The tribe is estimated to be 300 people, a high figure for an isolated village.