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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Vishwam Sankaran

Easter Island study disproves popular theory about creation of its famous statues

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The widespread deforestation believed to have been caused by the Rapa Nui people to build the towering Easter Island statues did not result in the population’s catastrophic collapse as held by a popular theory, according to a new study.

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