| [00:00.94] | As pioneers, |
| [00:02.57] | they took everything they would need to start their lives afresh |
| [00:05.72] | Livestock,plants for cultivation,even the coconut |
| [00:09.61] | But they would also have taken a long list of stowaways, |
| [00:13.19] | like the mourning gecko |
| [00:15.22] | This lizard was just one castaway |
| [00:17.13] | which no longer had to rely on its stamina and luck to reach new lands |
| [00:22.75] | It could now hitch a free ride |
| [00:24.7] | In a series of epic voyages, |
| [00:27.0] | the descendants of the Lapita, |
| [00:28.38] | the people we now call the Polynesians, |
| [00:30.52] | succeeded in colonising the far corners of the South Pacific - |
| [00:34.94] | from Hawaii to New Zealand,—— |
| [00:37.44] | even to Easter Island,nearly 7,000 miles east of New Guinea |
| [00:42.64] | In doing so, animal castaways now reached new islands at a rate never seen before, |
| [00:48.73] | changing the nature of the South Pacific forever |
| [00:00.94] | As pioneers, |
| [00:02.57] | they took everything they would need to start their lives afresh |
| [00:05.72] | Livestock, plants for cultivation, even the coconut |
| [00:09.61] | But they would also have taken a long list of stowaways, |
| [00:13.19] | like the mourning gecko |
| [00:15.22] | This lizard was just one castaway |
| [00:17.13] | which no longer had to rely on its stamina and luck to reach new lands |
| [00:22.75] | It could now hitch a free ride |
| [00:24.7] | In a series of epic voyages, |
| [00:27.0] | the descendants of the Lapita, |
| [00:28.38] | the people we now call the Polynesians, |
| [00:30.52] | succeeded in colonising the far corners of the South Pacific |
| [00:34.94] | from Hawaii to New Zealand, |
| [00:37.44] | even to Easter Island, nearly 7, 000 miles east of New Guinea |
| [00:42.64] | In doing so, animal castaways now reached new islands at a rate never seen before, |
| [00:48.73] | changing the nature of the South Pacific forever |
| [00:00.94] | As pioneers, |
| [00:02.57] | they took everything they would need to start their lives afresh |
| [00:05.72] | Livestock, plants for cultivation, even the coconut |
| [00:09.61] | But they would also have taken a long list of stowaways, |
| [00:13.19] | like the mourning gecko |
| [00:15.22] | This lizard was just one castaway |
| [00:17.13] | which no longer had to rely on its stamina and luck to reach new lands |
| [00:22.75] | It could now hitch a free ride |
| [00:24.7] | In a series of epic voyages, |
| [00:27.0] | the descendants of the Lapita, |
| [00:28.38] | the people we now call the Polynesians, |
| [00:30.52] | succeeded in colonising the far corners of the South Pacific |
| [00:34.94] | from Hawaii to New Zealand, |
| [00:37.44] | even to Easter Island, nearly 7, 000 miles east of New Guinea |
| [00:42.64] | In doing so, animal castaways now reached new islands at a rate never seen before, |
| [00:48.73] | changing the nature of the South Pacific forever |
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