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It seems that that another phoney story of the environmentalists has been debunked (
New evidence challenges theories of Rapa Nui collapse):
Dr. Mara Mulrooney, assistant anthropologist at Bishop Museum in
Honululu, conducted a six year study on Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
concerning the island’s theoretical civilisation collapse. Her findings
now challenge these previous ideas, which have claimed that the
islanders “self-destructed” before Europeans first visited in 1722. Results from her doctoral dissertation are published in the December issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science. As popularised in Jared Diamond’s 2005 book Collapse, Rapa Nui is
often viewed as a prime example of what happens when people lose sight
of what they are doing to their environment. According to the popular
narrative, the Rapa Nui people committed “environmental suicide” by
deforesting their island home. However, Dr. Mulrooney and colleagues are
starting to construct a more positive scenario. Read more.
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