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The Last Countries Settled on Earth

Time for some geography with an archaeological twist. Can you name the modern countries whose lands were among the very last places on Earth reached and settled by humans? Dates reflect first human settlement or sighting, rather than later European discovery. Overseas territories are not included.
Sources: Encyclopedia Britannica, Wikipedia and this 2010 PNAS article: Wilmshurst et al.
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Settlement Date
Answer
2500 BCE
Greenland
2000 BCE
Federated States of Micronesia
2000 BCE
Solomon Islands
1500 BCE
Fiji
1300 BCE
Vanuatu
1000 BCE
Palau
1000 BCE
Samoa
1000 BCE
Tonga
1000 BCE–200 BCE
Kiribati
500 BCE
Maldives
500 BCE–500 CE
Barbados
400 - 500 CE
Comoros
350 BCE - 550 CE
Madagascar
Settlement Date
Answer
30 BCE–50 CE
Marshall Islands
200 - 400 CE
St. Lucia
500 - 800 CE
Bahamas
600 CE
Jamaica
800–1200 CE
Easter Island/Rapa Nui
800–1200 CE
Hawai'i
870 - 930 CE
Iceland
900–1200 CE
Tuvalu
975 CE
Mauritius
1280–1350 CE
New Zealand
1456 CE
Cape Verde
1469 CE
Sao Tome & Principe
1553 CE
Seychelles
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