Hadza hunter-gatherers of northern Tanzania have developed a deep and mutually beneficial relationship with the Greater Honeyguide bird, which, as its name indicates, leads people to sources of wild ...

A fire crackles just after dawn in north Tanzania's bushlands. The sun is starting to rise over the Yaeda Valley and the start of a new day means one thing for the Hadza tribe. It's time to begin ...

In Western Tanzania tribes of wandering foragers called Hadza eat a diet of roots, berries, and game. According to a new study, their guts are home to a microbial community unlike anything that's been ...

Unlike most Western guys and gals looking for love, Africa’s Hadza foragers pair up without regard to each other’s size and strength, a new study finds. And that stature-may-care approach underscores ...

The human gut microbiota (GM) is vital for host nutrition, metabolism, pathogen resistance and immune function 1, and varies with diet, lifestyle and environment 2,3,4. Together, the host and ...

The Hadza, people who inhabit the Lake Eyasi region of northern Tanzania, trace their lineage to the earliest known ancestors of mankind. The documentary “The Hadza: Last of the First” explores their ...

Still no giraffe. Four of us had been walking half the day, tracking a wounded giraffe that Mwasad, a Hadza man in his late 30s, shot the evening before. He hit it in the base of the neck from about ...

This story appears in the December 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. "I'm hungry," says Onwas, squatting by his fire, blinking placidly through the smoke. The men beside him murmur in assent ...

The words "endangered species" often conjure up images of big exotic creatures. Think elephants, leopards and polar bears. But there's another of type of extinction that may be occurring, right now, ...