The Indian territory of the Andaman Islands (Figure 1) has been home to four indigenous tribes for several thousand years. They have lived in the dense, diverse, tropical rainforest with only occasional contact with the outside world through hunters and explorers. Since the eighteenth century British, Indian and Burmese settlers have pushed the tribes further into the rainforest.
The Sentinelese are self-sufficient hunter gatherers who still survive in isolation by being aggressive towards intruders.
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