For hundreds of years, the Bajau have lived at sea, and natural selection may have made them genetically stronger divers.

Research reveals how natural selection shaped the Bajau sea nomads’ spleens to boost oxygen delivery, helping them dive for minutes on a single breath. For more than a thousand years, the Bajau — ...

The Bajau Sea Nomads of Southeast Asia have evolved unique diving abilities through natural selection. Studies show they have larger spleens that release oxygen during dives, allowing them to hold ...

The Bajau tribe of Indonesia have become the first known humans to genetically adapt to diving. The tribe live an extremely amphibious life, and have now been proven to possess the genetic makeup to ...

Stilt houses in the village of the Bajau sea nomads in Pulau Papan in Sulawesi - Copyright AFP Jack MOORE Stilt houses in the village of the Bajau sea nomads in Pulau ...

The Bajau people of Southeast Asia, known to many as "sea nomads," are renowned for their amazing diving abilities. Some can hold their breath for minutes at a time, plunging dozens of meters below ...