Tsimané people

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The Tsimané people are an indigenous group of forager-horticulturalists in the Bolivian Amazon known for their traditional lifestyle, rich ecological knowledge, and exceptional cardiovascular health documented in scientific studies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Amerindian people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
alternateName Chimane ⓘ
Chimané ⓘ
linked to: Chimane

Tsimane ⓘ
linked to: Tsimané people

Tsimané-Chimane ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Bolivia ⓘ
countrySubdivision Beni Department ⓘ
La Paz Department ⓘ
culturalKnowledge detailed knowledge of Amazonian flora and fauna ⓘ
culturalPractice communal labor exchange ⓘ
slash-and-burn horticulture ⓘ
traditional healing practices ⓘ
dietCharacteristic based on unprocessed foods ⓘ
high in fiber ⓘ
low in saturated fat ⓘ
economicActivity limited market integration ⓘ
subsistence economy ⓘ
environment tropical rainforest ⓘ
healthFinding among the lowest recorded rates of atherosclerosis ⓘ
slow vascular aging compared to industrialized populations ⓘ
very low prevalence of heart attack ⓘ
knownFor high physical activity levels ⓘ
low blood cholesterol levels ⓘ
low blood pressure in older adults ⓘ
low coronary artery calcification ⓘ
low levels of cardiovascular disease ⓘ
rich ecological knowledge ⓘ
traditional lifestyle ⓘ
language Tsimané language ⓘ
languageFamily Mosetenan languages ⓘ
mainCrops bananas ⓘ
maize ⓘ
manioc ⓘ
plantains ⓘ
rice ⓘ
mobilityPattern semi-sedentary ⓘ
populationEstimate several thousand ⓘ
primarySubsistence fishing ⓘ
forager-horticulturalism ⓘ
gathering wild foods ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
region Bolivian Amazon ⓘ
religion animism ⓘ
folk Catholicism ⓘ
researchSiteFor Tsimane Health and Life History Project ⓘ
riverineSettlement Beni River ⓘ
Maniqui River ⓘ
studiedBy biological anthropologists ⓘ
epidemiologists ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched houses ⓘ

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Beni → hasIndigenousGroup → Tsimané people ⓘ
Beni → hasRecognizedLanguage → Tsimané ⓘ
linked to: Tsimané people
Bolivian Amazon → inhabitedBy → Tsimané people ⓘ
Tsimané people → alternateName → Tsimane ⓘ
linked to: Tsimané people
Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory → recognizedIndigenousPeoples → Tsimané (Chimane) ⓘ
linked to: Tsimané people
Abel Iturralde Province → hasIndigenousPeoples → Tsimane people ⓘ
linked to: Tsimané people
Mosetenan languages → spokenBy → Tsimané people ⓘ
Mosetenan languages → hasSubfamily → Tsimané ⓘ
linked to: Tsimané people
Mosetenan languages → ethnicity → Tsimané people ⓘ
Mosetenan languages → hasAlternativeName → Mosetén–Tsimané ⓘ
linked to: Tsimané people
Tsimané-Chimane → alternateName → Tsimane ⓘ
linked to: Tsimané people
Tsimané-Chimane → alternateName → Tsimané ⓘ
linked to: Tsimané people
Tsimané-Chimane → alternateName → Tsimane’ ⓘ
linked to: Tsimané people
Tsimané-Chimane → alternateName → Tsimane-Chimané ⓘ
linked to: Tsimané people
Tsimané language → ethnicGroup → Tsimané people ⓘ
Tsimané language → glottologName → Tsimane ⓘ
linked to: Tsimané people
Tsimané language → alternateName → Tsimane ⓘ
linked to: Tsimané people
Tsimané language → alternateName → Tsimane’ ⓘ
linked to: Tsimané people
Chimane → alternateName → Tsimane’ ⓘ
linked to: Tsimané people
Río Beni → hasIndigenousCommunities → Tsimané people ⓘ
Maniqui River → hasIndigenousHomeland → Tsimané people ⓘ
Maniqui River → shapes → Tsimané culture ⓘ
linked to: Tsimané people
Maniqui River → isLifelineFor → Tsimané people ⓘ
Maniqui River → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Tsimané people ⓘ