Image copyright Michael GurvenThe healthiest hearts in the world have been found in the Tsimane people in the forests of Bolivia, say researchers.
Image copyright Michael GurvenThey are also far more physically active with the men averaging 17,000 steps a day and the women 16,000.
The scientists scanned 705 people`s hearts in a CT scanner after teaming up with a research group scanning mummified bodies.
"Prof Naveed Sattar, from the University of Glasgow, said: "This is a beautiful real life study which reaffirms all we understand about preventing heart disease.
They admit the rest of the world cannot revert to a hunter-gathering and early farming existence, but said there were lessons for all of us.
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