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Most humans, including you, belong to the 99.9999% of Homo sapiens that are isolated from the much smaller isolated groups left. North Sentinel Island, which is nominally governed by India, is home of one of the very few smaller ones. Its locals number in the few hundreds and have likely been there and rejected outsiders for thousands of years.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Wait.

So the average temperature fluctuates between 86F in summer to 73F in winter, surrounded by beaches AND they can ignore most of the world?

I'm jealous.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Seriously but also not: omg I know right?

On the other hand: can you imagine how regressively conservativeโ€”including in ways with which you cannot already be familiarโ€”a society that small and that long isolated is? We know โ‰ˆnothing about them, but what we do know includes that women there once distracted the men from further attacking outsiders by way of sensual touch.

Finally, and for the armchair enthusiasts and especially for those of us who didnโ€™t groan during the pandemicโ€™s lockdowns: check out Tom Hanks in Castย Away.