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**Todilrdc** · 02-03-2011, 07:12 AM

In the 70's or 80's photos by John Nance came to light about the Tasaday people in the Philippines. Supposedly stone age people who were first contacted by outsiders in the early 70's. However, later other photos came out showing these people had visited other tribes that weren't in the "stone age". Also, a linguist had pointed out certain similarities between the Tasaday language and other groups suggesting greater contact. Nance truly believed what he reported but the evidence seems great that there was a hoax of some kind.

The Yanomamo played a little trick on Napoleon Chagnon when he was making family trees for everyone in the village. A year later when he went back he found that they weren't using the names on his charts. Everyone in the village made up names just to play a joke on him. He spent that year working on family trees of everyone in the village.

A photo from a helicopter can't be considered research by itself.

02-03-2011, 07:12 AM	#10
Todilrdc Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 540 Senior Member	In the 70's or 80's photos by John Nance came to light about the Tasaday people in the Philippines. Supposedly stone age people who were first contacted by outsiders in the early 70's. However, later other photos came out showing these people had visited other tribes that weren't in the "stone age". Also, a linguist had pointed out certain similarities between the Tasaday language and other groups suggesting greater contact. Nance truly believed what he reported but the evidence seems great that there was a hoax of some kind. The Yanomamo played a little trick on Napoleon Chagnon when he was making family trees for everyone in the village. A year later when he went back he found that they weren't using the names on his charts. Everyone in the village made up names just to play a joke on him. He spent that year working on family trees of everyone in the village. A photo from a helicopter can't be considered research by itself.
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