Startling footage shows sole survivor of uncontacted Amazon tribe

Man believed to be in his 50s seen swinging an axe to fell a tree in Brazilian forest

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A video clip of the lone survivor of an uncontacted indigenous Amazonian group has been released by the Brazilian government.

The partially-naked man “was filmed as he chopped down a tree in the Brazilian rainforest”, reports The Independent. “He appeared to be wearing a loincloth and has very long hair tied back.”

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