The last places on Earth

Virgin peaks, unclaimed islands, isolated tribes. Ours may be a small world, says New Scientist magazine, but modern man hasn

Ever since modern humans evolved in East Africa 160,000 years ago, our species has been gripped by wanderlust. It took us only a few thousand years to discover and colonize Eurasia, and Australia and the Americas soon followed. The last true pioneers were the Polynesians, who led the final wave of human migration across the South Pacific starting about 2,000 years ago.

What may come as a surprise is that, if you know where to look, there are still places on Earth that remain beyond the reach of man and modernity.

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