Why Did Easter Island's Civilization Collapse?
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Is There Evidence That There Was a Population Collapse?
The population when the Dutch showed up, 2,000 to 3,000 was kind of about right. That was a normal, stable population in that it hadn't been a bunch of people before. The newer interpretation led by people like Mulrune and Hunt and Lipo say, we think it was rats actually.
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