A New Discovery at Easter Island Could Rewrite History As We Know It (www.popularmechanics.com)
from readbeanicecream@lemm.ee to archaeology@mander.xyz on 16 Mar 2024 13:50
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Dasus@lemmy.world on 16 Mar 2024 13:56 collapse

Jesus what a clickbaity article.

Don’t click.

The “discovery” is whether they think Europeans arrived after or before the development of language on the island.

mozz@mbin.grits.dev on 16 Mar 2024 14:16 collapse

Things people know about Easter Island: Giant stone heads that’s so cool

Things (edit: people should know about Easter Island) Jared Diamond says about Easter Island: They didn’t take care of their ecosystem and didn’t have a backup one to go to instead, so they all died when it stopped being able to support them.

Things people should actually know about Easter Island (edited to add since I guess Jared Diamond got it wrong?): They were okay until we started fuckin with em

negativenull@lemmy.world on 16 Mar 2024 16:03 collapse

Fall of Civilizations podcast has a spectacular episode on Easter Island.

fallofcivilizationspodcast.com/…/episode-6-of-fal…
m.youtube.com/watch?v=nCyzrie_les