Ancient Polynesia: Pioneers of the Pacific
The Ancients
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The High Islands of the Polynesian Islands
In the mid-Pacific, every bit of land is originally volcanic. There isn't any other source of land in the middle of the Pacific. So, that becomes what we call high islands. They have a mountain, and then some flat land around it, usually. And they are very nice environments - hence the tourist industry. But as you go eastward across the Pacific from Asia, the islands has fewer species.
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