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>for millions of years before the arrival of humans. Actually the islands are only a few million years old, the Big Island is only about 400000 years old. So c

• acdha 2y ago
  If you’re going to play the “actually” game, at least check Wikipedia first. That quote is about Oahu and it’s correct: > Like all other Hawaiian Islands, Oʻahu was formed from the volcanism associated with the Hawaii hotspot; it started to grow from the sea floor 4 million years ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oahu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oahu Your broader use of “few” is also dubious since 28 is not normally considered small enough to include in that number: > From this study and others,[14][15] it is estimated that the northwesternmost island, Kure Atoll, is the oldest at approximately 28 million years (Ma); while the southeasternmost island, Hawaiʻi, is approximately 0.4 Ma (400,000 years). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_Islands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_Islands