Hadza people

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The Hadza people are an indigenous hunter-gatherer community of north-central Tanzania, known for their ancient lifestyle, small population, and relative genetic and cultural isolation.

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Hadza people canonical 5
Hadza 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
hunter-gatherer society
indigenous people
continent Africa
country Tanzania
culturalCharacteristic relative cultural isolation
descentSystem bilateral descent
diet baobab fruit
honey
tubers
wild berries
wild game meat
estimatedPopulation approximately 1000
fewer than 1000 full-time foragers
fireUse controlled use of fire
geneticCharacteristic relative genetic isolation
housing simple shelters
temporary grass huts
kinship flexible camp membership
language Hadza language
languageFamily language isolate
lifestyle hunter-gatherer
marriagePattern monogamy (predominant)
neighboringGroups Datoga people
Iraqw people
Isanzu people
populationSize small population
primaryArea Lake Eyasi region
surface form: Lake Eyasi basin
recognizedAs indigenous people of Tanzania
one of the last remaining full-time hunter-gatherer groups
region north-central Tanzania
religion ancestor veneration (elements)
animistic beliefs
researchInterest forager ecology
human evolution
microbiome studies
nutrition and metabolism
residencePattern nomadic
semi-nomadic
socialOrganization band-level society
egalitarian
subsistence foraging
gathering wild plants
hunting
threat agricultural expansion
encroachment by pastoralists
land loss
tourism pressure
timeDepthClaim often described as having very ancient lifeways
toolUse bows and arrows
digging sticks
stone tools (historically)
traditionalBelief reverence for landscape features

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hadza language spokenBy Hadza people
Hadza language hasGlottologName Hadza people
this entity surface form: Hadza
Datooga people neighboringGroup Hadza people
Lake Eyasi region inhabitedBy Hadza people
Hatsa hasAlternativeName Hadza people
this entity surface form: Hadza
Hatsa spokenBy Hadza people
Hatsa usedByEthnicGroup Hadza people
this entity surface form: Hadza