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Terra Nullius - Dirt 194

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Terra nullius is a Latin phrase meaning “nobody’s land,” but historically it has tended to mean something closer to *grabby hands.* What does it mean when a place is considered no one’s? Are there still places where people aren’t? Are there places where we've never been? The answers may surprise you.

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  • Rockall (Wikipedia
  • When Will It Get Too Hot for the Body to Survive? (Slate)
  • The Alaskan Island That Humans Can’t Conquer (Smithsonian Magazine)
  • The bones that could shape Antarctica’s fate (BBC Future)
  • Three High-Altitude Peoples, Three Adaptations to Thin Air (National Geographic)
  • Tibetans inherited high-altitude gene from ancient human (Science)
  • Sama (Encyclopedia Britannica)
  • The Identity and Social Mobility of Sama-Bajau (Sari)
  • Explorer Reaches Bottom of the Mariana Trench, Breaks Record for Deepest Dive Ever (LiveScience)
  • What Land Did Europeans Actually Discover? [Infographic] (Popular Science)
  • The Wilderness Act (Wilderness Connect)
  • Son Doong 360 (National Geographic)
  • The last unmapped places on Earth (BBC Future)
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