eli5: How did the people on islands like sentinel island get there? And how have they survived for so long?
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Most, if not all of the Pacific Islands were populated by people in small boats. They would start at an island, get swept out to sea, follow the current and then land at another island.
the book *Kon Tiki* is the story of an expedition that attempted to recreate how people spread along the pacific this way.
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