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Human history across most of the South Pacific

人类穿越南太平洋的历史

Dates back less than 2,000 years.

可上溯至少2千年

By comparison, animal colonisers first arrived on these shores

相比之下第一个到达这些海岸的动物开拓者

over 30 million years ago.

已超过3千万年了

Yet by the 12th century

自12世纪以来

people had colonised almost every habitable piece of land.

人类几乎开拓了每块能居住的陆地

Surrounded by water

被海水包围

the ocean became embedded in their culture -

海洋已深深嵌入他们的文明中

sometimes in surprising ways.

虽然有时是用令人惊奇的方式

In the Banks Islands, women use the sea to make music.

在班克斯岛，女人用海洋作音乐

And their songs celebrate the creatures that live in it.

她们用歌声来赞美生活在这里的所有生物

No matter where people settled in the South Pacific

不管人类定居在南太平洋哪里

Their survival depended on a deep understanding

他们的生存都依赖于

of the ocean and its wildlife.

对海洋和野外动物的深刻了解

And there's one ocean event

自从他们第一次到达这里

that has featured in the Pacific islanders' calendar

就作为一项海洋事项

since they first arrived here.

被记录进了南太平洋的日历中

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