7 Most Isolated Humans On The Planet

In our globalised world where you can get everything from a pizza to a prostitute to your door with the click of a button, it's easy to forget that there are still people on the planet happily living outside of the system, in small communities.

Many of these communities still live lives that their ancestors would recognise. Some are unaware of the presence of the outside world, some are simply not interested in participating in it, some will happily cross paths, but prefer their lives how they are, and some reject the outside world so aggressively, that attempts at contact had had to be ceased due to the danger of horrible, painful death.

There are still parts of the world that have been untouched by the concrete hands of civilisation, and many of the planet's uncontacted peoples live in the dense forests of South America and New Guinea, or the remote islands of the South Pacific or Indian Oceans.

Encounters can come from aerial footage, accounts from nearby communities, expeditions and, sadly, illegal encroachment on their territory by loggers and poachers. Isolated communities can come under threat from, destruction of their land, diseases to which they have no immunity and even government sponsored attempts at "civilising" and assimilating them.