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๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ข๐๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฉ, or North Sentinel Island, home of one of Earthโs few other groups of ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด (1240ร904)
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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.
Seriously but also not: omg I know right?
On the other hand: can you imagine how regressively conservativeโincluding in ways with which you cannot already be familiarโa society that small and that long isolated is? We know โnothing 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 didnโt groan during the pandemicโs lockdowns: check out Tom Hanks in Castย Away.