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  • but estimates from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in the UN and the nonprofit group Survival International point to between 100 and 200 uncontacted tribes

    We're in luck, there are more than enough to bring the sample size to a reasonable quantity.

  • We have these things called binoculars, telescopes, cameras and drones. All of which are able to observe subjects from a safe distance.

    I suspect that the number would be around a 50% split, what would then be interesting is determining which group has a better diet and survival rate to determine which tactic is superior.

  • Sigh, taking such claims at face value and not looking into how the underlying data was obtained is how we end up with so many successfully published but false scientific papers.

    The paper referenced here is https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0287101

    The cultures 'surveyed' are

    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/figure?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0287101.t001

    Notice any uncontacted peoples missing from those data points? Here's a quick list of them from Wikipedia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontacted_peoples

    Immediately I can tell you the Sentinelese, Awa, Toromona, Nukak, Tagaeri and the Taromenanepeople are not represented here. It's almost like the societies selected for this paper weren't a complete picture.

    I wonder why that would be.... surely not to conform to any biases of the authors.