For decades, researchers have proposed that climate change and human-caused environmental destruction led to demographic collapse on Easter Island.
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For decades, researchers have proposed that climate change and human-caused environmental destruction led to demographic collapse on Easter Island.
What led to the collapse of Easter Island?
Around 1200 A.D., their growing numbers and an obsession with building moai led to increased pressure on the environment. By the end of the 17th century, the Rapanui had deforested the island, triggering war, famine and cultural collapse.