A recent scientific (DNA) study about Rapa Nui (Easter Island) finds no evidence of “ecocide” in the 1600s but shows pre-Columbian interaction/admixture of its Polynesian population with Native Americans (circa 1250–1430 CE).
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A recent scientific (DNA) study about Rapa Nui (Easter Island) finds no evidence of “ecocide” in the 1600s but shows pre-Columbian interaction/admixture of its Polynesian population with Native Americans (circa 1250–1430 CE).
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