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Easter Island’s collapse: It wasn’t the people, it was something much bigger!

For centuries, Easter Island‘s story hhas been framed as a tragic tale of environmental collapse. The islanders were often ...
Techno-Science.net on MSN

Easter Island: A new scientific theory explains its collapse

Easter Island, famous for its imposing moai statues, is often presented as a case of sudden societal collapse. However, a ...
insider.si.edu

Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed / Jared Diamond

Prologue : a tale of two farms -- pt. 1: Modern Montana. Under Montana's big sky -- pt. 2: Past societies. Twilight at Easter -- The last people alive : Pitcairn and Henderson Islands -- The ancient ...
The New York Times

Did the Giant Heads of Easter Island Once Walk?

Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one possible explanation. The Rapa Nui moai, the monolithic stone figures of ...