<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (December 2008) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (December 2008) </Td> </Tr> <P> On January 18, 2007, FUNAI reported also that it had confirmed the presence of 67 different uncontacted tribes in Brazil, up from 40 in 2005 . With this addition, Brazil has now overtaken the island of New Guinea as the country having the largest number of uncontacted tribes . The province of Irian Jaya or West Papua in the island of New Guinea is home to an estimated 44 uncontacted tribal groups . The tribes are in danger because of the deforestation, especially in Brazil . </P> <P> Central African rainforest is home of the Mbuti pygmies, one of the hunter - gatherer peoples living in equatorial rainforests characterised by their short height (below one and a half metres, or 59 inches, on average). They were the subject of a study by Colin Turnbull, The Forest People, in 1962 . Pygmies who live in Southeast Asia are, amongst others, referred to as "Negrito". </P>

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