Easter Island collapse theory questioned

[Skywizard]

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Easter Island Moai overlooking the Pacific ocean. Image Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 Gallardoval

Academics have cast doubt on the idea that the inhabitants used up all the island's natural resources.

The enigmatic Pacific island has long held the attention of archaeologists who have struggled to understand exactly what it was that wiped out the people famous for building hundreds of giant stone head statues.

The prevailing theory is that the islanders, known as the Rapa Nui, wiped themselves out over time by using up all of the island's resources in their statue-building endeavors, earning them the accolade of being the best known example of a society that destroyed itself through over-exploitation.

In recent years however this idea has been called in to question, mainly on the basis that the Rapa Nui, far from exhibiting such recklessness, seemed to be masters of agricultural engineering and were more than capable of fertilizing the soil sufficiently to grow the crops needed to feed themselves.

Scientific evidence also seems to suggest that the islanders didn't waste all of their resources, with radiocarbon data indicating that the island was utilized well past the point at which European travelers arrived. There is also evidence to suggest that the removal of the trees happened very gradually over the course of several hundred years.

So if over-exploitation wasn't responsible for the islanders' disappearance, then what was?


Sources: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/261333/easter-island-collapse-theory-questioned
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/collapse-easter-island-theory/


peace...
skywizard

[ghostrider]

global war 40,000 years ago , only three thousand humans on the entire earth survived , while a few scientist escaped to Beta Centauri , the global war destroyed everything ... something the historians don't want to admit , that people on earth had spaceships 40,000 years ago ...and they had nuclear power , and knowledge of the stars and the cosmos ...

[Tesla_WTC_Solution]

It is possible that something landed on the islands, but not what we think of readily -- a microbial invader!
There are many undocumented voyages and flights that have taken place (by flight I mean fleeing an area that is politically collapsing) over the years,
which leaves the possibility of foreigners bringing disease by ship (read about diseases carried by pigs and rats!), insects bringing disease via warm winds/storms, or even objects from space surviving entry and successfully transmitting a fatal prion (or worse!) to the native populace... after all, a prion can survive a very long time and under extreme heat or cold.

There could be any number of reasons, but very often indigenous peoples are wiped out by warlike nomadic groups, diseases carried by foreigners (likes whites gave smallpox to everyone), or foreign animals wiping out their ecosystem.

When you are dealing with an island, almost anything is possible, including suffocation due to volcanic processes.

Modern science is a joke if you think about it!!

Thanks for bringing this to our attention!