Which of the following is true about the peopling of the Pacific?
A) The earliest-known settlement in Polynesia occurred sometime between 10,000 and 8,000 years ago.
B) Navigation skills played an important role in the peopling of the Pacific.
C) Humans may have reached as far as the Galapagos more than 30,000 years ago.
D) Australia appears to have served as an initial point of expansion, via outrigger canoe, to Samoa and eventually Tahiti, Hawaii, New Zealand, and Easter Island.
E) Once humans reached the Pacific, they did not settle there but moved on to the western coast of South America.

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Navigation skills played a crucial role in the peopling of the Pacific, as the vast expanses of open water would have posed a significant challenge for early settlers. The other options are not entirely accurate. A) The earliest-known settlement in Polynesia occurred around 3000 years ago, not between 10,000 and 8,000 years ago. C) There is no evidence of human presence in the Galapagos Islands 30,000 years ago. D) Australia was not a point of expansion for the settlement of Polynesia, as Polynesian cultures predate the settlement of Australia. E) There is no evidence to suggest that humans who reached the Pacific moved on to the western coast of South America.

Which of the Following Is True About the Peopling of the Pacific