After all, this isn’t a place known for technological advancement, so the human population could be living exactly the same way as they did nearly five decades ago.
For those who’ve seen Kong: Skull Island, it will be interesting to see if the island has changed since 1973, if at all.
This is unquestionably set-up for Godzilla vs. Kong next year, because unless Kong is moved off his home turf before the events of that movie, we’ll need to revisit Skull Island.
On the other hand, since Monarch has an outpost on Skull Island, maybe the organization’s scientists have had a lot of face time with the natives and have provided them with help.