Tribes of Andaman Islands

The andamanese tribes lived on the simplest technological level possible, which they have been able to maintain over tenthousands of years, sticking proudly to their way of life, uninfluenced by the achievements of modern civilization. I have often wondered to what extent our own culture is responsible for the ailments of modern man. Learning about the Andamanese culture has taught me that many of the problems that beset us today are purely self-made. A simple way of life also implies a simple mind, and the connotations of “simple“ as I use it here is highly positive. In psycho-therapeutical processes, healing often involves following a road away from deviated complexity and moving towards sound simplicity. Though we are mostly unaware of it, the way our culture functions today depends on basic concepts that are supposedly the stuff of the human mind. The Andaman Negritos teach us that this is not so. Let us take, for instance, the notion of property, of hoarding or of trade. Without these fu