Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information. A. Some people have argued that the Pacific was settled by traders who became lost while transporting domesticated plants and animals. B. The original Polynesian settlers were probably marooned on the islands, but they may have been joined later by carefully prepared colonization expeditions. C. Although it seems reasonable to believe that colonization expeditions would set out fully stocked, this is contradicted by much of the evidence. D. The settlement of the Pacific islands was probably intentional and well planned rather than accidental as some people have proposed.