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Exploration & Migration
Why the Pacific Was the Last Ocean Humans Explored — And What They Found
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The Pacific Ocean covers more area than all landmasses combined.
A view of the blue expanse of the Pacific.
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The Pacific is so massive it contains half of the free water on Earth. It covers one-third of the entire planetary surface.
"At 63 million square miles, it is larger than the Earth's entire land surface."
This immense scale made it a formidable physical barrier for early human migration.
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