The last "cave people" in Brazil died quietly, once known as "the most lonely person on the earth"

Jimu Journalist Li Lili

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Researchers have confirmed that the last "cave people" in the Brazilian Matsun Tribe have died recently. This is an indigenous man who is considered the last member of his tribe.

(Picture source: screenshot of image data in 2018)

According to Brazilian media reports, on August 24, when he was found to die, he was lying on the hammock and decorated with a macaw feather, as if waiting for death. His body has been sent to the corpse inspection to further determine the cause of death.

In 1996, the man was discovered for the first time in the Magnolia Yulin, Brazil. He did not wear clothes and always held bows and arrows. Inside the room he had lived, there was a hole in the room, and he was also called the índio do Buraco, or the "cave people".

When people discovered him, he fled desperately. Those who pursued traces found that the room he had lived in the middle of the floor dug a mysterious hole. The hole is very narrow, with a depth of about 1.8 meters.

It is understood that there are no other tribes living like him in the area, and the habit of digging in the hut has never been recorded.

At first, people thought that these holes were used to capture animals or hide themselves, but some scholars believed that these holes had spiritual totems for this tribe.

It is speculated that other members of his tribe may have been extinct with multiple conflicts with the invaders in the 1980s and 1990s. At that time, the Amazon tribe was being kicked out of the rain forest by a logging and oil company. He may be the last person in the tribe.

Over the past few decades, his land was attacked and his friends and his family were killed. He resisted everyone who tried to contact him. He set up a trap around and shot archery to anyone close to him.

The explorer Marcelo Do Santos said: "Based on the past experience of the tribe, he does not believe anyone and no longer contact people outside."

According to Wikipedia data, the local area established a protected area and prevented others from invasion. Nevertheless, the "cave people" were still attacked by the gunman in 2009, but they were spared.

Over the past 26 years, his name, language, and race have always been a mystery. He is completely isolated from the world and retains the ancient lifestyle. Some media said he was "the lonely person on the earth."

The Brazilian Nationality Foundation FuNAI monitors his health all year round.

According to the Guardian, the "cave people" obviously knew that they were monitored. Funai observer sometimes leaves tools and seeds for him, but he has never moved.

In 2018, Funai released a video of his. In the video, he looks like he is in his 50s and has a good physical condition.

On August 24, an observer monitored him lying on the hammock in the distance, and the body had rotten. He placed a colorful feather around his body, and the researchers believed that he was ready to die. It is estimated that he is about 60 years old at this time.

Because he resisted any contact until he died, the researchers did not know which race or tribe he came from, and did not understand the reason why he dug in the house.

The number of existing tribes in Brazil is between 235 and 300, and it is difficult to determine the exact number. It is believed that at least 30 ethnic groups live in the jungle, and people know almost nothing about their quantity, language or culture.

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