Ancient Polynesia: Pioneers of the Pacific
The Ancients
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The Evolution of Rapinui
The early Polynesians, they practiced the slash and burn kind of agriculture. They did cut stuff down. How much did they do it? I don't know. But eventually that is what happened. It became a completely different kind of environment and not a very easy one to live in. And there's an argument that maybe the rats ate the seeds or something like that.
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