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In a remote river system in Brazil's Amazon Basin live the last 300 members of the Pirahã tribe. To western eyes they are some of the most remarkable humans ...
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Deep in the heart of the Amazon is a mysterious language no outsider has ever learned. Until now. After thirty years of research and life with the Pirahas one ...
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