The Korowai tribe and their traditions ... media interest in the newly discovered tribe exploded. Missionaries had been active in New Guinea since the British Empire had sought dominance in ...

The Papua New Guinea tribe developed strong genetic resistance after a major epidemic of the CJD-like disease, kuru, spread mostly by cannibalism. Current Edition Topics ...

Daniel Pinto, a 27-year-old traveller from Lambeth, south London, has become the first tourist to visit several indigenous tribes in Papua New Guinea. On a mission to explore all 195 countries, ...

Writer Will Millard visits the treehouse-dwelling Korowai tribe in Papua, Indonesia, to try and understand the pressures they face as they move into the modern world.

Whilst in Papua he learnt to speak the local languages ... series ‘My Year With The Tribe’ with the remote Korowai people of New Guinea.