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Fiji's first animals washed up tens of millions of years ago.
動物最早被沖上斐濟海岸是在幾千萬年之前
But humans were slow off the block.
而人類則晚得多
They only arrived here 3,500 years ago.
他們在3500年前才抵達這里
Their history remains thin on the ground.
他們留下的歷史甚少
The ruins of Nan Madol are one of only two ancient cities ever found in the Pacific.
南馬都爾是人類在太平洋中發(fā)現(xiàn)的兩個古遺址之一
With archaeological evidence so scarce, the origins of people in the central Pacific were hotly debated.
由于缺少考古證據(jù)，太平洋中部的人類起源備受爭議
Were they Papuans from New Guinea, native Indians from the Americas, or another race of people from Asia?
新幾內(nèi)亞的巴布亞人是美洲的印第安人還是亞洲的其他種族呢
Only very recently has their language been traced back to Taiwan... and their pottery to the Philippines.
他們的語言最近可追溯到臺灣，他們使用的陶器可追溯到菲律賓
Combined with DNA analysis, evidence now points to the Lapita, a seafaring people from Southeast Asia.
結(jié)合DNA分析，證據(jù)指向另一支從東南亞航海而來的人群，拉皮塔人。
