Easter Island

detrimental to our growth as individuals. In this unit I have learned more about the devastating impacts nonnative species have on foreign environments. Before learning more about the destruction of Easter Island, I was unaware of the significant impact the introduction of the rat had on the island. I find it very interesting how a creature so tiny in stature, can have such devastating impacts. We see in history how the rat has brought disease over many miles and have heard stories of the…

Introduction Lake Mungo is a lake which dried up about 14 000 years ago and is located in the Willandra Lakes Region in New South Wales. Jim Bowler found a skeleton of a male body at Lake Mungo on a research trip. Scientists believe that this person lived in Australia around 42 000 years ago (Ref 1). He had lived to an age of fifty which was quite old for people back then. They called him Mungo Man. Who was he and how he was found The discovery of Mungo Man was on the 26 February 1974 by Jim…

Lake Mungo is a dried up lake situated in the southwestern corner of New South Wales, Australia. For the past 120,000 years, sediments from the lake kept building up, forming the “Walls of China”. But also, during those years, erosion from the rain worked its way against the rock, revealing ancient objects such as fossils, megafauna, and clay balls. In 1969, Jim Bowler discovered a skeleton sticking out of the ground, later named Mungo Woman, then a couple years later in 1974, he found another…

that they can use the same word over and over again to keep rolling the statues on. Also it was tested ''the rolling method'' of the statues and it only took 70 people to move it 320 feet. My next reason i will go on to is the people they had on the island. They had a population of over 10,000…

Nuu-Chah-Nulth The Nuu-chah-nulth people are a group of First Nations. Firstly, they live on the West Coast of Vancouver Island and are divided into 14 Nations. The 14 Nations are then divided into 3 regions: Southern Region, Central Region, and Northern Region. The Ditidaht Nation, Huu-ay-aht Nation, Hupacasath Nation, Tse-shaht Nation, and Uchucklesaht Nation belong to the Southern Region. The Ahousaht Nation, Hesquiaht Nation, Tla-o-qui-aht Nation, Toquaht Nation, and Yuu-cluth-aht Nation…

Seuss's the Lorax and Easter island. There are three things I will be comparing they environmental damage, animal species extinct and human destruction.The first topic I will be talking about is environmental damage. I think the biggest environmental damage at both places is deforestation. In the Lorax the once-ler doesn’t think about what would happen when all the trees are gone but the difference between the Lorax and Easter island is in the Lorax…

describe how the Lorax and the Easter Island case study are examples of a tragedy of the commons. The tragedy of the commons can be seen In The Lorax where the Once-ler harvests a whole forest of truffula trees, taking advantage of the public resource. The Lorax, who speaks on behalf of the trees, hopes the Once-ler will halt his destructive behavior.…

Jared Diamond’s contention that Easter Island is a metaphor for the current global situation is supported and bolstered by the human tendency to expand society until it’s at it’s peak, on the cusp of collapse, the pattern of ignorance and denial towards overarching societal issues, and the propensity of of humans to damage the environment. One major human historical pattern that supports the notion that Easter Island is a metaphor for our current global situation is the tendency of humans to…

Easter island destiny From explorers sailing to America to manifest destiny, humans have always been eager to travel to new places and expand to push the boundaries that accepted by most and challenged by few. Now that we are jaded of what seems to be everything on earth, we thirst for a spring of unknown knowledge. That exploring space, with the inkling that it is the next step to improving life on earth, will successfully quench. However, us dismissing our home as being fully explored is rash…

set of tribes who lived in Easter Island, which nowadays belongs to the Chilean government and there's a population of 2.095 people. They descend from the first settlers from Polynesia. LOCATION AND CREATION OF THE ISLAND The Easter Island is a very little island in the Polynesia which was formed by three volcanic eruptions in the bottom of the sea between 3,000,000 and 750,000,000 years ago, which made the island have a triangular shape. All the volcanos in the island are considered extinct,…