The last Tree-Dwellers in New Guinea
discussion p. 1418 - 1421Author Garve, Roland |
The Korowai, an ethnic group in New Guinea, still live up to 40 metres above the ground in the tight spatial conditions of tree houses. Access to these dwellings is solely by means of vertiginous ladders. The Korowai continue to resist all forms of "civilization", defending their territory with bows and arrows and working with Stone Age tools.
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