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Easter Island 'ecocide' theory challenged

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Rapa Nui (Easter Island) is often used as an example of how overexploitation of limited resources can result in a catastrophic societal collapse. But new research from the Columbia Center for Archaeology is challenging the long-held idea that islanders chopped down palm trees at an unsustainable rate leading to an 'ecocide'.
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Rapa Nui (Easter Island) is often used as an example of how overexploitation of limited resources can result in a catastrophic societal collapse. But new research from the Columbia Center for Archaeology is challenging the long-held idea that islanders chopped down palm trees at an unsustainable rate leading to an 'ecocide'.
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