A New Study Challenges the idea that Rapa Nui Islanders caused an 'ecocide'

Storksforlegs ( @storksforlegs@beehaw.org ) · 7 months ago

A New Study Challenges the idea that Rapa Nui Islanders caused an 'ecocide'

Track_Shovel ( @Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ) · 7 months ago

I thought they attributed their decline due to the introduction of rats from colonial ships. Rats ate a bunch of seeds etc. and did what invasive vertebrates do on island: destroy the ecosystem.

A New Study Challenges the idea that Rapa Nui Islanders caused an 'ecocide'

A New Study Challenges the idea that Rapa Nui Islanders caused an 'ecocide'

A new study challenges the idea that Rapa Nui islanders caused an ‘ecocide’