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Easter Island's demise prompted by rats eating palm seeds - theory.

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| December 07, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2009 Asia Pulse Pty Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

07 DECEMBER 2005 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) --- An Anthropologists' conference in the US has been told that the demise of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, may have been caused by rats which ate palm seeds to deforest the island of its 16 million palm trees.

The theory has been developed by anthropologist of the University of Hawaii, Terry Hunt, after surveys done since 2001.

His team found that the rat population peaked at about 20 million in 1300 and…

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