> Easter island -- we, humans, deforested the island, that degraded and depleted human population significantly even before the first european ships discovered

> Easter island -- we, humans, deforested the island, that degraded and depleted human population significantly even before the first european ships discovered the island. More recent research shows that this is probably not true - there's evidence that the population was growing right up until the arrival of Europeans[1]. [1] https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210713090153.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210713090153.h...