7 Most Isolated Humans On The Planet

1. The Uncontacted Tribes Of The Amazon

Before the extraordinary aerial images of them were captured, many people didn't (or wouldn't) believe that these uncontacted Amazonian tribes existed.

Their existence and Amazon rainforest home are under threat from illegal logging and many governments and private companies are reluctant to acknowledge their existence, because it throws a spanner in the works for the sucking-the-earth's-resources-dry industry. As well as the problems that come from direct contact with loggers, including the transmission of disease as well as the destruction of their home, the rapidly disappearing rainforest forces many different tribes into a smaller and smaller area, increasing the risk of conflict for land and resources.

We know very little about them, but from what we can gather, they live in small communities with papaya and cassava plants as a staple food that are grown in gardens, and they occasionally paint themselves with annatto seed dye.

Videos and pictures, shot with super-zoom lenses to maintain a distance, are one of the few ways that campaigners can prove the existence of these people and force governments to protect their way of life.