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=== Among indigenous people === Even today, tree houses are built by some indigenous people in order to escape the danger and adversity on the ground in some parts of the [[tropics]]. It has been claimed that the majority of the [[Korowai people|Korowai]] clans, a [[Papuan peoples|Papuan]] tribe in the southeast of [[Irian Jaya]], live in tree houses on their isolated territory as protection against a tribe of neighbouring [[Headhunting|head-hunters]], the Citak. The [[BBC]] revealed in 2018 that the Korowai had constructed some very high tree houses "for the benefit of overseas programme makers" and did not actually live in them.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 April 2018 |title=Human Planet: Tribe's treehouses not real home, says BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43649469 |work=BBC News}}</ref><ref name="The Guardian">{{Cite news |last=Sweney |first=Mark |date=2018-04-04 |title=BBC admits treehouse scene from Human Planet series was faked |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/apr/04/scene-from-human-planet-documentary-was-faked-bbc-admits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817024529/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/apr/04/scene-from-human-planet-documentary-was-faked-bbc-admits |archive-date=Aug 17, 2022 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> However, the Korowai people still build tree houses, not elevated but fastened to the trunks of tall trees, to protect occupants and store food away from [[scavenger|scavenging]] animals.<ref>[https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/03/980309043026.htm Head-Hunters Drove Papuan Tribe Into Tree-Houses], ''ScienceDaily''</ref>
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