What would happen to a human Galapagos?

What would happen to a human settlement on Earth, on some deserted island, that had no contact with the outside world for a thousand years? Something like a human version of the Galapagos islands, where the animals living there, isolated for thousands of years, evolved slightly differently than their counterparts in the rest of the world.

After a thousand years of isolation, is it possible that they would have a different genetic makeup than ordinary humans, perhaps to the point of being a new subspecies?

What about their culture? Is it conceivable that they would also invent things like factories, bicycles, and theater? How about informational technology (radio, TV, computers)?

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