[SunkenCiv]

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[SuperLuminal]

"... the site had been settled nearly 500 years earlier, 2800 years ago, than had previously been thought."

Hmmm... That's not news here on FR... Pretty sure FR had surmised the truth about Ofu Island back in 99...

[Wuli]

“The research showed the site had been settled nearly 500 years earlier, 2800 years ago, than had previously been thought.”

Or in common terms that avoids common folk having to do the math - about 800 B.C.

Or along the same time frame as (as incomplete record):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_century_BC

[fishtank]

It fits in the flood chronology....

Fermi’s paradox for the Pacific.

[CharleysPride]

Fascinating!

Travel and migration across the Pacific is riveting stuff.
Especially at the frontier extremes.

Why Did they leave Pitcairn Island?...

[Cruising Speed]

Question: what is the full spelling of To'aga?

The apostrophe indicates a missing letter but I don't know what it is.