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Lots of theories exist about the inhabitants of Easter Island, but new research says European colonizers might be to blame. Scientists Are Using Lasers To Uncover Lost Cities ►►►►http://bit.ly/1Rko6gt Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Read More: The Mystery of Easter Island http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/the-mystery-of-easter-island-151285298/?all “Hundreds of years ago, a small group of Polynesians rowed their wooden outrigger canoes across vast stretches of open sea, navigating by the evening stars and the day's ocean swells. When and why these people left their native land remains a mystery.” War May Not Have Led To Easter Island's Ancient Collapse http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/17/467069847/war-may-not-have-led-to-easter-islands-ancient-collapse?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=science “Conventional wisdom holds that environmental destruction and internecine warfare led to societal and economic collapse on this tiny island located some 2,150 miles off the coast of Chile. For years, the island's demise has been presented as a cautionary tale for our own violent and environmentally destructive times.” Easter Island Statues Could Have 'Walked' http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/easter-island-statues-walked-121025.htm “The giant stone statues in Polynesia's Easter Island may have just been ‘walked’ out of quarry, according to a controversial new theory on how the monolithic human figures were transported to every corner of the island. In a piece of experimental archaeology, a team of local and U.S. researchers showed that the massive statues, known as moai, can be moved from side to side by a small number of people, just as one might move a fridge.” ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos twice daily. Watch More DNews on TestTube http://testtube.com/dnews Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel DNews on Twitter http://twitter.com/dnews Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Julia Wilde on Twitter https://twitter.com/julia_sci DNews on Facebook https://facebook.com/DiscoveryNews DNews on Google+ http://gplus.to/dnews Discovery News http://discoverynews.com Download the TestTube App: http://testu.be/1ndmmMq Sign Up For The TestTube Mailing List: http://dne.ws/1McUJdm