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Easter IslandApproximately 500 years ago, the flourishing society of Easter Island suffered a steep decline in population. Many theories have surfaced explaining how this could have happened to such a thriving culture. Within this small, isolated island i

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The article states that invaders are the responsible for the decimation of the Easter Islanders and provides three reasons of support. However, the professor explains that this was a result of internal factors and refutes each of the author’s reasons. First, the reading states that the disappearance of island’s trees results from foreign incursions. The professor refutes this point by saying that this destruction comes from stones monuments constructed by the Islanders. He explains that this pieces were built to show the status of the statues’ owners. They were used as a form of showing dominance to others. Moreover, roller tree logs were used to transport the monuments. In addition, the population started a competition to see who is more powerful, constructing more and more statues. Thus, this competition helped to increase the number of trees cut until they reached a critical point of almost total absence of wood. Second, the article claims that another support of this claims lies on an archeological discovery of spear tips from a time close to the destruction of the Islanders. However, the professor contends that these spear tips types were built by the Islanders to attack during a warfare, not as a weapon of defense. With the decrease of the amount of fuel available, the natives reduced their fishing productivity. Likewise with this lack of food, a civil war started due to the limited resources available, so this spear tips were used in the confront. Third, the reading avers that the appearance of a new religion provides more support for the claim. Conversely, the lecture opposes this point by stating that the new religion was not broth by invaders, but by the Islanders themselves on a different time. The professor explains that families started to die from starvation and theirs prayers were not more effective, so the Islanders adopted a new religion. He also claims that this new religion used a birdman as the principal symbol.

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claims
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