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insaneintheblain t1_iqoz54q wrote

Reply to comment by Skippy_99b in Pacific island nations suffered severe depopulation from introduced diseases as a consequence of contact with European vessels, a new study from The Australian National University shows by Wagamaga

A lot of history is traditionally passed down orally, and often through the use of symbols signifying universal truths. When oral tradition is interrupted (for example when all your elders die of mysterious causes, or when all your children are sent to factory/reconditioning schools) then history must be re-discovered through archeology - an imperfect method of piecing together clues to reconstruct a best guess for what might’ve happened.

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Skippy_99b t1_irjj9p8 wrote

So hopefully one day they will figure out what happened to the Easter Islanders....

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