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The ancestors of these Solomon Islanders |
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made that initial 60-mile crossing some 30,000 years ago. |
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Whether their ancestors paddled across in hollowed-out tree trunks like these, |
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or floated on giant bamboo rafts, no one knows. |
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And with land occasionally in sight, |
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they would have surely been tempted to investigate. |
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By the time people arrived, |
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the Solomons were packed with almost a quarter of the plants and animals found in New Guinea |
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including their old adversary, the saltwater crocodile. |