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In this manner, what happened to the trees on Easter Island?

It's believed the trees were cut down by the ancestors of today's Easter Islanders in order to transport the giant stone statues - the Moai - as well as to build canoes, houses and fires to burn the dead. Diamond says the last tree was probably felled in the 1600s - and led to Easter Island's downfall.

Subsequently, question is, what is the mystery of Easter Island? When and why these people left their native land remains a mystery. But what is clear is that they made a small, uninhabited island with rolling hills and a lush carpet of palm trees their new home, eventually naming their 63 square miles of paradise Rapa Nui—now popularly known as Easter Island.

Moreover, what effect did the human population have on Easter Island?

The population history of the island remains highly controversial. In addition to internal conflict, the population crash has been attributed to “ecocide,” in which the Island's resources were exhausted by its inhabitants, reducing its ability to support human life.

Did Easter Island ever have trees?

First version: Easter Island is a small 63-square-mile patch of land — more than a thousand miles from the next inhabited spot in the Pacific Ocean. In A.D. Pretty soon the island had too many people, too few trees, and then, in only a few generations, no trees at all.