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Groundbreaking Research Sheds Light On Ancient Mystery (Easter Island)
Rochester Instityute Of Technology ^
| 8-31-2005
| Will Dube
Posted on 09/19/2005 4:36:30 PM PDT by blam
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posted on
09/19/2005 4:36:34 PM PDT
by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
09/19/2005 4:37:05 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
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posted on
09/19/2005 4:40:43 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Liberal level playing field: If the Islamics win we are their slaves..if we win they are our equals.)
To: blam
I wonder if they will figure out how the people got there in the first place.
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posted on
09/19/2005 4:41:52 PM PDT
by
FreePaul
To: blam
Not sure what light has been shed here.
To: blam
Population scientists use differential equation models Indeed they do. Wolves and rabbits is one example, but in a closed system such as Easter Island or Greenland a few more variables would complicate the equation enough that a numerical solution might be the only feasible way.
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posted on
09/19/2005 4:43:09 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(We in heep dip trubble)
To: blam
“The reasons behind the Easter Island population crash are complex but do stem from the fact that the inhabitants eventually ran out of finite resources, including food and building materials, causing a massive famine and the collapse of their society,” Basener says. How do you run out of food when your primary source is fish from the ocean? Is it possible a population this small could "over-fish" the area and deplete their resources?
To: Bird Jenkins
Mainly, they ran out of timber.
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posted on
09/19/2005 4:44:21 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(We in heep dip trubble)
To: blam
It will also eventually help scientists and governments develop better population management skills These are certainly "skills" I don't want MY governemnt to have!
To: blam
"Basener will next use his formula to analyze the collapse of the Mayan and Viking populations."
I can't address Mayans, but I would hardly say the Vikings "collapsed."
Vikings named "Russia"; conquered France, Italy, and England.
In north America, they retreated rather than engage in battle when outnumbered (by Skraelings).
They now have some of the highest measured "standards of living."
To: Alamo-Girl
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posted on
09/19/2005 4:46:44 PM PDT
by
timestax
To: blam
I love so many of your post thanks
To: truth_seeker
Maybe he means the Greenland Colony.
To: blam
...inhabitants used large boats for fishing... the inhabitants eventually ran out of finite resources, including food...Too bad the Pacific Ocean ran out of fish.
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posted on
09/19/2005 4:52:05 PM PDT
by
Rudder
To: blam
Too bad the Pacific ocean ran out of fish.
(the text of my previous post disappeared somehow.)
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posted on
09/19/2005 4:54:34 PM PDT
by
Rudder
To: Rudder
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posted on
09/19/2005 4:56:26 PM PDT
by
Rudder
To: truth_seeker
I thought they determined that Vikings conquered and then colonized with their families, so that they didn't really collapse but instead simply spread out.
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posted on
09/19/2005 5:02:37 PM PDT
by
skr
To: blam
Easter Island went straight to hell after they found out how to open the hatch leading straight down into the Lost Well of Doom.
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posted on
09/19/2005 5:03:52 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
To: blam
Interesting. Does this explain where the tiki bar came from, I wonder.
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posted on
09/19/2005 5:05:01 PM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(absolute reality - Miami)
To: truth_seeker
I can't address Mayans, but I would hardly say the Vikings "collapsed." I dunno...looked sure'nuff like the Vikings collapsed to me..this last Sunday.
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posted on
09/19/2005 5:06:14 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(Why does John McCain always look like a mule eating cockleburs?)
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