Endemism in the Hawaiian Islands
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Endemism in the Hawaiian Islands
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Located about 2,300 miles (3,680 km) from the nearest continental shore, the Hawaiian Islands are the most isolated group of islands on the planet. The plant and animal life of the Hawaiian archipelago is the result of early, very infrequent colonizations of arriving species and the slow evolution of those species—in isolation from the rest of the world's flora and fauna—over a period of at least 5 million years. As a consequence, Hawai'i is home to a large number of endemic species. The radiati
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Hawai'i is home to a large number of endemic species
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endemism_in_the_Hawaiian_Islands
date created:
2004-04-26T07:39:15Z
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2024-09-03T01:04:11Z
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