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🗓️ 27 March 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Known as “the most dangerous island in the world”, North Sentinel Island has been isolated from the rest of the world for a long time. Let's visit the past of North Sentinel Island to find out about one of the few “uncontacted” civilizations.
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0:00.0 | In the middle of the Indian Ocean is what is known as the Bay of Bengal, and there is an |
0:06.0 | island which is often called the most dangerous island in the world. |
0:11.1 | At first glance, it looks like one of many islands that make up the archipelago called the |
0:17.0 | Andaman Islands, of which it is a part of. |
0:20.4 | It has beautiful beaches and lush greenery. |
0:23.3 | On first impressions, some would call it a paradise, but its history is far from that. |
0:29.8 | Viewed from Google Earth, the island looks like a jagged square. Yet on one of the corners on its |
0:36.2 | northern shore, there's a small mysterious shape off |
0:40.0 | its shore, which is rooted in a dark history. This area, as well as the island as a whole, |
0:47.0 | holds some very dark secrets that are unknown to most people. Prepare to be amazed by the story of what is believed to be the last known pre-Neolithic |
0:58.5 | people on Earth and one of the few uncontacted civilizations. |
1:05.9 | You're listening. |
1:07.0 | You're listening. |
1:08.3 | You're listening to be amazed. So the island crucially is home to the Sentinel East, an indigenous people in voluntary isolation |
1:26.6 | from the rest of the world. |
1:29.1 | Just how have these people remained free from outside interference for so long? |
1:34.8 | After all, the rest of humanity has spread around the globe. |
1:39.5 | Ironically, although they have not left North Sentinel Island in many millennia, |
1:45.4 | the Centennialese are believed to be descended from one of the first groups of humans to leave Africa. |
1:51.0 | Historically, European colonization of other parts of the world hasn't ended well for the |
1:57.7 | indigenous people. Fortunately for the Centinalese, they've managed to avoid |
2:03.2 | being colonized and haven't really had much contact with the rest of the world at all. There have |
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