"Easter's End" review
... for any amount of time. Studies of sediment taken from different depths in a swamp revealed how diverse the plants and animals were in times past. Pollen and animal bones were examined from each carbon dated sediment level to determine what kind, and how abundant each plant and animal species was. The natives of Easter Island decimated almost all life sustaining natural resources on the island. Eighty-two foot palm trees used to be abundant on the island, as well as many species of land and sea birds. Over time, they chopped down the palms to make their canoes to hunt porpoise in the ocean. They also used the logs to move their giant head statues to their positions on the shore, and to also build their homes. Most of the other woody plants were either burned to cook their food, or their fibers were used to make rope. They also ate all the birds and edible wildlife present on the island. They basically over-exploited their resources to the point which they could no longer survive. Toward the end of Easter Island, the natives began eating other human beings just to stay alive. ...