SCIENCE!
 
The jungles of Earth are sometimes so thick and remote that explorers have not penetrated into the deepest, darkest reaches of them.  Within the inner-most areas of these isolated and dense jungles, tribes of humans live as they have for thousands of years, having never been contacted by the outside world!

There are a few dozen tribes of people who have never been contacted by the outside world.  They are documented using airplanes, the locations of their villages are mapped and the forests around them are deemed "off limits" to logging and hunting to preserve the people's way of life.

A previously unknown tribe in the rain forests of Western Brazil has been photographed using an airplane for the first time.  Logging companies are already too-close for comfort to the tribe's villages.

Should this tribe be contacted or left alone?

Read this article.  At the end of each short section of paragraphs, click on the 'next' button to take you through the slide-show of pictures and explaining text.  In some of the photos, you can see the villagers pointing at the plane with looks of curiosity on their faces.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/02/uncontacted-tribe/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wiredscience+%28Blog+-+Wired+Science%29%2Ffeed%2F&pid=957&viewall=true
James Nicholas
7/2/2011 03:07:36 am

I think that we should not make contact with them and leave them as they are because if we disturb them they might go King Kong on us and attack us, because they think we want to hurt them. But when I think about what I just said I then think that maybe we should try and make contact with them.

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Meg.....
7/2/2011 03:35:10 am

James - KING KONG?! I have two thoughts. Firstly, I think that we should make "suttle" contact by letting them know we're there but make them think it is an accident. They should find US out. I haven't thought much about how we could do this, but something like them seeing a bit of our civilization somehow. If we cannot come up with a way to make this idea work I think that we should leave them alone all together. They've not bothered us, and they would have done if they wanted to...... they've been happy for who knows how long. Just let them be. In any case though..... GET RID OF THE LOGGERS.

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Mimi......
7/2/2011 05:12:05 am

Nice explanation it really brings it out with King Kong that really represents how they are going to attack us. Anyhoo, i think that we should just let them be. If we were speaking about other planets that might know we are here and they are trying to let us use our brains to find them instead of them instantly contacting us saying that we are here. So i would suggest let them discover the world themselves and have them peacefully transfer what they have been living like to us..... all it takes is for us to let them develop as if they were another species that have been left behind all these years.

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7/2/2011 05:17:33 am

I also think that we should not make contact with them and leave them as they are because if we disturb them they might react to us and attack us, because to they we are aliens wanting to pick there brains. But maybe we should try and make contact with them.

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Leelou
7/2/2011 05:31:33 am

I Agree with Amber, these people should be left alone, they have managed to survive up till now this way and so I think we should let them carry on with there ways of living. Maybe we could slowly help them become aware of what is around them. I like the fact that there are still some humans on this earth who are still natural. Our ways of life are not really that good, and if there is a culture that can live without all of the things we use then I think the wise thing to do is let them be,

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Jason
7/2/2011 09:36:44 am

Well i think that we should leave them were they are. They have bin doing just fin with out us anyway so why would they what us to help them now. In the picture it should supplies from are world so that must mean thy trade for other things.Also in the picture they look so suprised but this is not the first time a plane has flown over and they didn't see it. So what i would say is just leave them be they not harming us and we are not harming them so leave them. They oveosly have idea that other people are out there because that were they got some of there supplies from. Also they could be like some Mad Science and they going to like blow the world up the the trigger being a bug or something( Not likely)

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Krystin
9/2/2011 09:07:52 pm

I think that we should not make any contact whatsoever with these people because clearly these people have no knowledge that we exist and maybe its just better off like that. These people have adapted to fit their lifestyle and not ours so if we made contact with them than they would get freaked out.
1. Because they probably don't speak our language therefore they wouldn't understand what we are saying to them
2. Because they have never seen us before they could think that we are coming to ruin there homes and families.

I think that it is better off leaving them alone but we could still do things to protect them like not cutting down the Forrest that they live in and maybe just keeping the outside world away from them.

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Joe
11/2/2011 05:44:37 am

I personally thing that someone specialized should go in there and try to make contact, if the people dont want to make contact, then that person should just leave them be.

I think that armed forces should stop the loggers.

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David Carter
12/2/2011 02:00:12 am

I think that we should not make contact with them, I say this because they could take us the wrong way and try to kill us. The same fate could become of the loggers if they go any further both tribe and some of loggers would be killed as well if the tribe takes it them the wrong way. And if the loggers still want to than as Joe said the armed forces should stop them.

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Samantha A
12/2/2011 07:21:24 am

I agree with Meg we should let them find us and until they find us we should leave them alone because it will do no harm to us leaving them there and they seem happy in the enviornment they are in so everyone is happy and safe!

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Amanda
15/2/2011 02:03:05 am

I think that the people should be left allow and they should be able to continue on their way of life without modern day technology. Also these people should be able to have their habitat the land that they have lived in. I think that the government should have the people that are cutting down trees stoop immediately for the safety of these people's way of life to continue on.

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Chelsi FS
15/2/2011 10:59:45 pm

Well I don't see any harm in contacting with them weather its the tribe seeing us or we going to them and trying to communicate with them. Obviously we don know how they will react upon seeing us but if people want to know more about them then give it a try I suppose.

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Abi
17/3/2011 08:46:45 am

I agree with Megan these tribes should discover our civilization. This way is would be easier us to communicate without intruding their tribes. I believe that the idea of boycotting against use of lumber is a great idea this way the would have more time to find a way to make contact with the tribes without harming them or being harmed.

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