End of Easter Island
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Uploaded by NationalGeographic on Jun 1, 2009
Easter Island's inhabitants used up all their resources and eventually died out -- a lesson for us all.
Explorer: Easter Island Underworld : http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/explorer/3829/Overview
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Those prominent statues stood on a strong stone base. The purpose of the statues including their base, was to protect island from the ocean waves ( wave breakers), and to protect shores from washing away. Also, statues could have military purpose; the enemy, seeing from their ships giant silhouettes of people, could change their mind about attacking the islanders. So statues did serve several purposes at once, including worshiping their gods or ancestors.
Anastasiaology 2 days ago
All these political adds are killing me and its not even November ><
hurt82 3 days ago
Looking for : Los Incas en Oceania.
On 1472 the Inca Tupac Yupanqui travel these islands with two hundred ships. For example any Moais have a red hat called PUKAO. In quechua, inca's language, red is designed PUKA, over another 30 coincidences.
hezaen 1 month ago
@916Radman
THAT'S WHAT THOSE CORPORATE F***S WANTED YOU TO THINK!
TheVoiceOfReason93 2 months ago
@zeta85518 jajajaja idiot
campesino6969 2 months ago
They weren't cutting trees just to move statues, they also cut trees to get at the soil underneath to farm. They practiced slash-and-burn agriculture. Unfortunately the thin volcanic soil, steep slopes and heavy rainfall meant the farmland became infertile pretty quick. Nothing to do about it but cut deeper into the forest. They might even have realized what was happening by the time the trees were half gone, but by then it was too late. Too many people to feed.
mosquitobight 3 months ago
Did they die ?
meotaku2 4 months ago
@Louielounge thats right :/ unfortunately
pisellas9 4 months ago
@activedentalfloss What alternate? It is a 63 square mile island. Without trees, how would they hollow out canoes to fish for porpoises (their main food source) off the coast? How would they stop all the top soil from eroding after the trees were gone? If you get rid of all your resources, that's it. Game over. You can't support the same population. Easter Island is a microcosm of the world. So take some notes.
iceshadow42 4 months ago
@activedentalfloss and the gods would have stepped in, immediately thereafter. Ha ha.
Louielounge 5 months ago