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Why Did Easter Island's Civilization Collapse?

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The Evolution of Civil War

The Rapa Nui story is not a story of collapse, it's a story of continuity. But that doesn't say these people created what diamond called Ecoside where they killed their ecosystem and they suffered as a result. They were dealt a bad hand with rats that came aboard and spread and prevented trees from growing. And then finally, when the Europeans arrived, there was a population decline and they say it's due to maybe STDs. Right? Because again, yeah, when Rogavin showed up, 3,000 people. In the 1880s down to like 100, 110.

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