On a somewhat related note, I recently got onto a binge reading about Polynesian people and culture. The story of Polynesian colonization of New Zealand is cap

On a somewhat related note, I recently got onto a binge reading about Polynesian people and culture. The story of Polynesian colonization of New Zealand is captivating. It starts with the colonization of a new land with abundant resources. It seems that for the first few centuries the Māori ancestors lived in a relative utopia [3]. Then, as climate changed, population increased, and some resources got depleted competition increased. This is when their culture turned into the genocidal [1] [2] warrior culture that Europeans encountered a few centuries later. Interestingly, around the time of the culture shift part of the population split off for some reason and formed a non-violent pacifist community that later got annihilated [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moriori_genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moriori_genocide [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musket_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musket_Wars [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_culture#Archaic_period_c.1300_AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_culture#Archaic_per...