Of all the vanished civilisations, no other has evoked as much bafflement, incredulity and conjecture as the Pacific island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). This tiny patch of land was discovered by European explorers more than three hundred years ago amidst the vast space that is the South Pacific Ocean. Its civilisation attained a level of social complexity that gave rise to one of the most advanced cultures and technological feats of Neolithic societies anywhere in the world. Easter Island's stone-working skills and proficiency were far superior to any other Polynesian culture, as was its unique writing system. This most extraordinary society developed, flourished and persisted for perhaps more than one thousand years - before it collapsed and became all but extinct.
Why did this exceptional civilisation crumble? What drove its population to extinction?[1]
Hint: right wing, fundamentalist, Christian, trailer trashs.
Notes
[1] "From Genocide to Ecocide: The Rape of Rapa Nui." By Benny Peiser <--- John Ray, Greenie Watch, 8/29/05. Check out Mr. Ray's excellent blog Dissecting Leftism. He has several.
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