Easter Islanders Didn’t Cause Ecological Disaster on Their Island, New Research Finds
Jul 12, 2017 by News Staff / Source
New research provides evidence contrary to the widely-held belief that the prehistoric population of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) caused an ecological disaster through rapid deforestation and over-exploitation of natural resources.
The new findings, published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, support the idea that the story of Easter Island is more interesting and complex than assumed.
“The traditional story is that over time the people of Rapa Nui used up their resources and started to run out of food,” said co-author Carl Lipo, professor of anthropology at Binghamton University.
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