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A New Discovery at Easter Island Could Rewrite History As We Know It (www.popularmechanics.com)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

@mozz @readbeanicecream @Dasus this is a gross oversimplification and they did not all die. Their descendants who were not killed or kidnapped by Europeans still live there today. Jared Diamond was far off the mark as usual.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh crap -- you're right. My bad, I fixed. Is Jared Diamond wrong about lots of things? It was quite a while ago that I read him but I thought he was ok. Apparently not though?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

@mozz @readbeanicecream @Dasus @archaeobrett I’m sure he is knowledgeable about some things, but he writes big sweeping simplifications of archaeology, in which he has no training nor any subtlety of thought.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah, looks that way. With my Easter Island example being a prime example.