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Savannah - The Hadza, the hunter gatherers

136 images Created 2 Dec 2014

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/
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  • Isak takes a break while hunting. Near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Zebras, along with giraffes are some of the more prized hunting goals for the Hadza. But very rarely do they manage to hunt them - the rest of the time, they get small games like birds, dik-dik etc
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  • Men going hunting in the morning. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • View towards Eyasi lake. Hunting in the Gideru mountains with Kaunda and January, two Hadza hunters.
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  • Mokoa and his nieces drinking water from a hole. The Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • Women building a Hadza house, made of branches and grass. The Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • Sharing gazelle meat with the neighbor. At the Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • Gnogna and friends getting wood. Staying in Mandagao camp in Mangola, a touristic destination to see the Hadza community.
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  • Camp at night. At and near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • After a day hunt, a man sleep out in the open. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Wande and her husband, Mokoa, set out to find food. She uses a blade-tipped stick to dig tubers, a staple food especially in the rainy season. He brings an axe to extract honey-comb from tree trunks and a bow and arrows for hunting and defense. At the Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • Going hunting with Shakwa (red hat), Shoboubou (red shirt) and Motola (young punk haircut). At the Hadza camp of Gidamilanda.
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  • Collecting tubers - two Hadza sisters, Maggie Tomas (left) and Esta Tomas (right). The Hadza camp of Senkele.The Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • Women collecting tubers, a staple food of the Hadza. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Picking wild berries. At the Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • Gettimng honey with Gnogna and friends. Staying in Mandagao camp in Mangola, a touristic destination to see the Hadza community.
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  • Collecting honey from a beehive of stingbees, by smoking the bees to pacify them. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Collecting honey in a baobab trunk. The Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • Isaya getting honey in a Baobab tree. At the Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • Collecting honey from a beehive. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Collecting honey from a beehive of stingbees, by smoking the bees to pacify them. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Collecting and eating honey comb and larvae from a beehive.
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  • Bee on Mokoa's hand. Getting honey with Mokoa, Mahiya and Moloba. At and near the Hadza camp of Mahiya.
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  • Man eating honey from stingless bees. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • The men are going hunting with bow and arrows. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Hunting a velvet monkey with bow and arrow. Staying in Mandagao camp in Mangola, a touristic destination to see the Hadza community.
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  • Monkey skulls. Staying in Mandagao camp in Mangola, a touristic destination to see the Hadza community.
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  • Hunting bush baby with bow and arrow. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Men hunting from a ridge above the Yaeda valley. Near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Saitoti eating wild berries. Near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Hunting with Kanga, Ngosha and Mahiya (feather in hair). At and near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Different type of arrows, including poisoned arrows. Hunting in the Gideru mountains with Kaunda and January, two Hadza hunters.
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  • Hunting with Kanga, Ngosha and Mahiya (feather in hair). At and near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Kapala hunting bird and using the peeping chick on his head to attract the mother and hunt her. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Boys are training their bow skills. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Kapala hunting bird and using the chick to attract the mother. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Kapala hunting a dove. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Hunting Dik-dik with Shakwa (red hat), Shoboubou (red shirt) and Motola (young punk haircut). At the Hadza camp of Gidamilanda.
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  • Young Hadza man on a hunt, with his bow and arrow. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Makungu hunting birds at sunset. At the Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • Mahiya (left) and moloba. Hunting from a blind for storks. At and near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Hunting with Kanga, Ngosha and Mahiya (feather in hair). At and near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Young Hadza men hunting birds. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Hunting giraffe in the Gideru mountains with Kaunda and January, two Hadza hunters.
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  • Gadja. Hadza preparing and hunting stork from a blind. At and near the Hadza camp of Mahiya.
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  • Mokoa. Hadza preparing and hunting stork from a blind. At and near the Hadza camp of Mahiya.
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  • Isaya ready to go get honey and hunt. At the Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • Mokoa visits a place named "Dundubi" - there are 2 such places. Large rocks are found overlooking the savannah. The rocks, once hit, resonates, "talking" to the Hadza. One is said The Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • Isaya with dry wood and a chameleon. At the Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • Isak washing in a stream. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Hadza man having a nap. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Getting honey with Mokoa, Mahiya and Moloba. At and near the Hadza camp of Mahiya.
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  • Two Hadza sisters, Maggie Tomas (left) and Esta Tomas (right). The Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • Wande and Mokoa. The Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • Eating a bush baby, hunted by arrow and cooked on the fire. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Ngosha getting his arrow. Hunting from a blind for stork, during their migration to Africa. At and near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Young Hadza men hunting birds. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Mahiya. Hunting from a blind for stork, during their migration to Africa. At and near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Kanga. Hunting from a blind for stork, during their migration to Africa. At and near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Mahiya. Hunting from a blind for stork, during their migration to Africa. At and near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Hunting from a blind for stork, during their migration to Africa. At and near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Camp at night. At and near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Cooking inside the home of a Hadza, made of branches and grass. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Stork in a pot, boiled to get rid of the feathers. Hunting from a blind for stork, during their migration to Africa. At and near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Isaya getting honey in a Baobab tree. At the Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • Eating honey comb from a beehive of stingless bees. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Weaver's nest. Datoga herder camp near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Finding bird's eggs. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • The head of a stoke that has been hunted. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Salida, 19 years old. Datoga herder camp near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Salida, 19 years old. Datoga herder camp near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Honey collected by Hadza is exchanged against Marijuana grown by Datoga. Datoga herder camp near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • A Hadza man smokes marijuana rolled in newspaper. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Mokoa visits a place named "Dundubi" - there are 2 such places. Large rocks are found overlooking the savannah. The rocks, once hit, resonates, "talking" to the Hadza. One is said The Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • Datoga people doing slash and burn agriculture. Once the forest is cut down, Hadza can not hunt and gather food anymore. The pressure on their territory is an issue for the future of the Hadza.
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  • Datoga herder showing me ancient petroglyphs made by the ancestors of the Hadza.
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  • Herding cows. Datoga herder camp near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Kanga, Mahiya and Ngosha leaving for hunting, passing corn fields that used to be forest with wildlife 2 years ago. At and near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Mokoa climbing a Baobab tree to collect baobab fruits, an essential part of the Hadza diet. The Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • Climbing a Baobab tree to get baobab fruit, extremely rich in Vitamin C. At the Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • Mokoa climbing a Baobab tree to collect baobab fruits, an essential part of the Hadza diet. The Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • A baobab fruit. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • A young girl collecting Baobab fruits, extremely rich in Vitamin C. At the Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • Hunting in the Gideru mountains with Kaunda and January, two Hadza hunters.
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  • Moloba, a young Hadza man running. At and near the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Hunting Dik-dik with Shakwa (red hat), Shoboubou (red shirt) and Motola (young punk haircut). At the Hadza camp of Gidamilanda.
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  • An old Hadza camp - all that is left behing is this house structure made of branches. Senkele.
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  • Hunting in the Gideru mountains with Kaunda and January, two Hadza hunters.
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  • Isaya's home in the evening. At the Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • Mno cooking a Hyrax on the fire, after he hunted it, in the Gideru mountains.
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  • Hadza crossing path with a Datoga herder in the plain bordering the forest. At and near the Hadza camp of Mahiya.
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  • Young Hadza men hunting birds in the evening. At the Hadza camp of Dedauko.
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  • Gnogna in front of his house. Staying in Mandagao camp in Mangola, a touristic destination to see the Hadza community.
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  • Hadza dancing at night, to celebrate a successful hunt. The Hadza camp of Senkele.
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  • Picking feathers. Staying in Mandagao camp in Mangola, a touristic destination to see the Hadza community.
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  • Woman collecting cactus fruit. Hadza camp named Moshi.
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  • A small Datoga settlement of pastoralists on the border with the forest where Hadza people hunt and gather food.
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  • View towards Eyasi lake. Hunting in the Gideru mountains with Kaunda and January, two Hadza hunters.
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  • Hunting Dik-dik with Shakwa (red hat), Shoboubou (red shirt) and Motola (young punk haircut). At the Hadza camp of Gidamilanda.
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  • Mokoa looking at the issue of National Geographic with his picture in it. The Hadza camp of Senkele.
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