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Biologists suggest that animals and plants have [[Animal migration|migrated]] from island to island on pumice rafts.<ref>[http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=17605 New Island and Pumice Raft, Tonga], NASA Earth Observatory photo with commentary, August 2006</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Nunn|first=Patrick D.|title=Vanished Islands and Hidden Continents of the Pacific|year=2008|publisher=University of Hawai'i Press|isbn=978-0-8248-3219-3|page=59}}</ref>
▲[[Astrobiologist]]s have hypothetically linked {date=August 2019}} pumice rafts (due to their unique qualities of having the highest surface-area-to-volume ratio known for any rock type, their long term flotation and beaching in the tidal zone,their exposure to a variety of conditions, including dehydration, and finally their surface/subterranean remarkable ability to absorb many potentially advantageous elements/compounds) to the [[Abiogenesis|origin of life]].<ref>Martin D. Brasier, Richard Matthewman, Sean McMahon and David Wacey. "Pumice as a Remarkable Substrate for the Origin of Life" Astrobiology. August 31, 2011</ref>{{qualify evidence}}
==Notable examples==
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