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. 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.

The Kyrgyz of the Pamir Mountains in Northern Afghanistan live at a high altitude 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.

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.

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.

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. 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.

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.

The Hadza of Tanzania are the world’s last full-time hunter-gatherers. They live on what they find: game, honey, and plants, including tubers, berries, and baobab fruit. 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.