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Bananas are native to Southeast Asia, so it would be quite a surprise to see a tribe of humans in South America having bananas as the main component of their diet. I know this article never states it was factual, so I'm not saying it should be removed, but I think this is one part of the legend that is very unlikely to be true. — Soap — 19:40, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
Also, t may be that there was no one tribe of "White Indians", they were just noticing that the people there were unusually pale compared to most other natives. The map seems to indicate that the Tupí people along the coast of Brazil are rather fair-skinned compared to their neighbors, and that this pattern continues well inland along the Amazon River. — Soap — 14:08, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
-- Theories are as follows:
Anglo Pyramidologist ( talk) 16:59, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
One possibility for more recent sightings is that there were Euro Brazilians attracted to the interior by the rubber boom between 1870 and 1912. When it collapsed some people may have remained having established subsistence agriculture and lifestyle similar to the Indians. RichardBond ( talk) 04:32, 6 March 2018 (UTC) RichardBond ( talk) 04:32, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
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Bananas are native to Southeast Asia, so it would be quite a surprise to see a tribe of humans in South America having bananas as the main component of their diet. I know this article never states it was factual, so I'm not saying it should be removed, but I think this is one part of the legend that is very unlikely to be true. — Soap — 19:40, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
Also, t may be that there was no one tribe of "White Indians", they were just noticing that the people there were unusually pale compared to most other natives. The map seems to indicate that the Tupí people along the coast of Brazil are rather fair-skinned compared to their neighbors, and that this pattern continues well inland along the Amazon River. — Soap — 14:08, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
-- Theories are as follows:
Anglo Pyramidologist ( talk) 16:59, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
One possibility for more recent sightings is that there were Euro Brazilians attracted to the interior by the rubber boom between 1870 and 1912. When it collapsed some people may have remained having established subsistence agriculture and lifestyle similar to the Indians. RichardBond ( talk) 04:32, 6 March 2018 (UTC) RichardBond ( talk) 04:32, 6 March 2018 (UTC)