Let me guess, they didn't want to "interfere". This is the same attitude the holier than thou anthropologists take with people who are in the stone age. They would rather these people stay in a state that makes them amicable for study and writing yet another thesis which no one will read, and not be brought into the modern era as that would ruin their chances for getting more money to live their remora lifestyle of adding zero to the world that is beneficial.

Let me guess, they didn't want to "interfere". This is the same attitude the holier than though anthropologists take with people who are in the stone age. They would rather these people stay in a state that makes them amicable for study and writing yet another thesis which no one will read, and not be brought into the modern era as that would ruin their chances for getting more money to live their remora lifestyle of adding zero to the world that is beneficial.