New Guinea's northern coast near Sialum, Morobe Province. Photo: Assistant District Commissioner Bob Hoad, 1972. By Rod Benson New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland. The human history of New Guinea extends far beyond the appearance of the Lapita cultural complex about 3,300 years ago. Archaeological, environmental and genetic evidence indicates that …
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