Greenland’s Inuit survived for generations eating almost nothing but meat in a landscape too harsh for most plants. Today market food offer more variety, but a taste for meat persists. Inuit consume a mostly meat diet of foods that are fished, hunted, and gathered locally. This is part of a global story shot for National Geographic and titled "The Evolution of Diet", on self-sufficient communities, their lifestyle and food habits. Story here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohskrSuq8Mo And here with text @Matthieu Paley : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2014/09/30/we-are-what-we-eat-in-the-arctic-its-all-about-meat/ And here: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/evolution-of-diet/

High Altitude Desert: the pastoralist diet. The Kyrgyz of the Pamir Mountains in Northern Afghanistan live at a high altitude way above tree lines, where no crops grow. Survival depends on the animals that they milk, butcher, and barter. This is part of a global story shot for National Geographic and titled "The Evolution of Diet", on self-sufficient communities, their lifestyle and food habits. Story here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwlDCHeOpKE And here with text @Matthieu Paley : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2014/09/18/we-are-what-we-eat-the-high-altitude-diet-of-afghanistans-nomads/ And here: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/evolution-of-diet/

The Jungle Diet. Deep in the Amazon, the Tsimane of Bolivia get most of their food from the river, the forest, or fields and gardens carved out of the forest. This is part of a global story shot for National Geographic and titled "The Evolution of Diet", on self-sufficient communities, their lifestyle and food habits. Story here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9ZsQv53S_A And here with text @Matthieu Paley : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2014/10/15/we-are-what-we-eat-foraging-in-the-amazon-rainforest/ And here: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/evolution-of-diet/

The Mediterranean diet. The people of Crete, the largest of the Greek islands, eat a rich variety of foods drawn from their groves and farms and the sea. They lived on a so-called Mediterranean diet long before it became a fad. This is part of a global story shot for National Geographic and titled "The Evolution of Diet", on self-sufficient communities, their lifestyle and food habits. Story here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au8eyrI9Ta8 And here with text @Matthieu Paley : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2014/11/25/we-are-what-we-eat-spring-in-crete-means-a-feast-of-wild-greens/ And here : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/evolution-of-diet/

The mountain diet. For generations, the people of the Hunza valley in the Karakoram mountains have gain agricultural ground over this rocky place. Thanks to hard work and ancient water channel systems, they have managed to turn rubble into fields of barley, potatoes and fruit orchards. Subsistence agriculture and livestock raising dominate the local economy. This is part of a global story shot for National Geographic and titled "The Evolution of Diet", on self-sufficient communities, their lifestyle and food habits. Story here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SzoHL7j-SU And here with text @Matthieu Paley : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2014/11/12/we-are-what-we-eat-chai-chapatis-and-the-taste-of-home/ And here : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/evolution-of-diet/

The oceanic diet. The Bajau of Malaysia fish and dive for almost everything they eat. Some live in houses on the beach or on stilts; others have no homes but their boats. This is part of a global story shot for National Geographic and titled "The Evolution of Diet", on self-sufficient communities, their lifestyle and food habits. Story here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5QURxhdJSE And here with text @Matthieu Paley : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2014/10/29/we-are-what-we-eat-diving-for-dinner-with-the-sea-gypsies/ And here : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/evolution-of-diet/

The hunter gatherer diet - the oldest diet. The Hadza of Tanzania are the world’s last full-time hunter-gatherers. They live on what they find or hunt with bow and arrows: game, honey, and plants, including tubers, berries, and baobab fruit. They live in temporary camps around the Yaeda valley, in Tanzania. This is part of a global story shot for National Geographic and titled "The Evolution of Diet", on self-sufficient communities, their lifestyle and food habits. Story here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak7BChSquoo And here with text @Matthieu Paley: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2014/12/10/we-are-what-we-eat-hunting-the-hadza-way-with-bows-arrows-and-ingenuity/ And here : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/evolution-of-diet/