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Would you happen to know if the tribes in southern Venezuela are pretty much unaffected? Some of them seem to be living as people have been living for thousands
by burfog 10y ago
Would you happen to know if the tribes in southern Venezuela are pretty much unaffected? Some of them seem to be living as people have been living for thousands of years, rather disconnected from the modern world.
- scorpioxy 10y agoNo sorry, no idea. But I do know that the farmers are less affected by the food shortage since they have what they need on their land. The increased crime rate is a problem for everyone of course.
- jimmywanger 10y agoI've read this book : https://www.amazon.com/Noble-Savages-Dangerous-Yanomamo-Anthropologists-ebook/dp/B006VJN2FE/ref=sr_1_4?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1477016082&sr=1-4&keywords=Yanomamo https://www.amazon.com/Noble-Savages-Dangerous-Yanomamo-Anth... It seems as though even those tribes have been prizing western technology, like fishhooks, shotguns, and machetes. Those are valuable trade goods. Maybe they've sort of forgotten in the past few generations how to get by without those tools? Living in a jungle is hard as hell, and a machete and a shotgun sure do make a big difference.