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Their island was in shambles, and their villages and crops destroyed. Post your questions and comments on the Easter Island message boards.
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The island's official Spanish name, Isla de Pascua, also means " Easter Island ". The current Polynesian name of the island, Rapa Nui or "Big Rapa," was
The Conservation of the Extinct tree Sophora toromiro from the
Other cultivated plants described by first European visitors, such as the sweet potato, the main crop on Easter Island from ancient times, add to the near
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13 Jun 2010 What a delightful coincidence: Easter Island residents not only got to .... had the boon that he couldn't be defeated by any current god or
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10 Feb 2011 Brazil crop unlikely to pull down sugar prices Sugar prices are unlikely to fall in the second quarter from current levels near three-decade highs, .... Chile, islanders of Easter Island request assistance from U.N.
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DNA sequence analysis of Easter Island's current inhabitants indicates that the 36 With the island's ecosystem fading, destruction of crops quickly
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3 Jun 2004 30 Nov 2010 The mountain chain formed by the Easter Island hot spot goes east Current scientific analysis says that modern crops like
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On Easter Island they cut down all the trees for canoes entailed the collapse of ..... Crop yields also declined, since deforestation allowed the soil to be eroded by and much of our soil by the time my sons reach my current age.
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Sophora toromiro. Current Conservation Status One of the extinct flowering plants of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is the Toromiro Tree, .... on the island for the propagation of threatened plants (including indigenous crop cultivars);
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28 Aug 2009 At current crop yields, East Asia would need 47 percent more irrigated are traveling east of Easter Island to discover what lies beneath
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25 Jul 2010 He noted three main crops the sweet potato, sugar cane and the banana. The second visitor to Easter Island the Spanish viceroy of Peru, Islands around 800 to 1000 AD Sailing with the Humboldt Current finding and
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by ES Sites - Related articlesThe island received its most well known current name, Easter Island , from the Dutch .... and with declining crop yields because of the erosion of good soil,
Environmental collapse of Easter Island --Jared Diamond
25 Aug 2006 Easter Island's Controversial Collapse: More To The Story Than Easter Island Discovery Sends Archaeologists Back to Drawing Board (May
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Prior to 1862, Easter Islanders subsisted mainly on cultivated crops , with sweet potatoes being the most important. Taro, yams, sugarcane, bananas, gourds,
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Prior to 1862, Easter Islanders subsisted mainly on cultivated crops , with sweet potatoes being the most important. ...... Current news about: Easter Island