The Once and Future World

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Easter Island—Ecological Demise and Invasive Rats

It has previously been suggested that humans contributed to the ecological demise of Easter Island, but it might have actually been invasive rats. The tale of Easter Island has often been touted as a cautionary one, but it may not have happened quite as we thought. Anthropologists have often suggested that after being settled around […]

Written by on May 3, 2019