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The "discovery" is whether they think Europeans arrived after or before the development of language on the island.
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Jesus what a clickbaity article.
Don't click.
The "discovery" is whether they think Europeans arrived after or before the development of language on the island.
Things people know about Easter Island: Giant stone heads that’s so cool
Things people should know about Easter Island: They didn’t take care of their ecosystem and didn’t have a backup one to go to instead, so they all died when it stopped being able to support them.
Fall of Civilizations podcast has a spectacular episode on Easter Island.
https://fallofcivilizationspodcast.com/2019/07/26/episode-6-of-fall-of-civilizations-is-now-live/
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nCyzrie_les
@mozz @readbeanicecream @Dasus this is a gross oversimplification and they did not all die. Their descendants who were not killed or kidnapped by Europeans still live there today. Jared Diamond was far off the mark as usual.
Oh crap -- you're right. My bad, I fixed. Is Jared Diamond wrong about lots of things? It was quite a while ago that I read him but I thought he was ok. Apparently not though?
@mozz @readbeanicecream @Dasus @archaeobrett I’m sure he is knowledgeable about some things, but he writes big sweeping simplifications of archaeology, in which he has no training nor any subtlety of thought.
Yeah, looks that way. With my Easter Island example being a prime example.