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Hat Trick: Researchers Solve a Lingering Mystery About Easter Island’s Statues
Seeker ^ | June 23, 2018 | Glenn McDonald

Posted on 06/19/2018 10:54:24 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

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To: SunkenCiv

Parbuckling is an ancient and efficient technique for rolling cylindrical objects. The center of a long rope is fixed to the top of a ramp and the two trailing ends are wrapped around the cylinder to be moved.

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Now they should research the technology of the ropes.


21 posted on 06/19/2018 11:36:07 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I want a head like the heads you see on Easter Island

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibiS26Tky40


22 posted on 06/19/2018 11:47:16 AM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the 0zarks)
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To: fishtank

Ah, thank you


23 posted on 06/19/2018 12:22:07 PM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: SunkenCiv

I spend too much time on the Internet. This came out weeks ago.


24 posted on 06/19/2018 12:41:58 PM PDT by Boomer (Leftism is the Mental/Moral Equivalent of End Stage Cancer)
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To: SunkenCiv

Finally: proof that ancient astronauts used parbuckling!


25 posted on 06/19/2018 12:53:49 PM PDT by Fedora
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26 posted on 06/19/2018 1:42:24 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: Tenacious 1

It took a lot of stones to get the job done


27 posted on 06/19/2018 1:45:23 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
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To: SunkenCiv
Not UFOs and aliens? I'm disappointed...👽
28 posted on 06/19/2018 2:32:20 PM PDT by ConservaTeen (Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
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To: butlerweave

No. They did eat fish. They used the trees to make large rafts to go deep sea fishing. And they used trees to roll the statues around on the ground. Eventually, they had chopped down all of the trees and could no longer go deep sea fishing. Their economy collasped. When the white men arrived the natives were already close to starvation and were fighting amounst themselves. Reminder for the future. Always re-plant trees after the harvest of mature trees. Keep making more trees. Replinish the resource.


29 posted on 06/19/2018 2:37:15 PM PDT by Trumpet 1 (US Constitution is my guide.)
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"...Always re-plant trees after the harvest of mature trees. Keep making more trees. Replinish the resource. ..."

It is rayciss of you to enforce your white, Eurocentric values on those peace loving cannibals.

As an aide, I am currently trying to make an Easter Island head out of Legos for my kid. It is not as easy as I thought.

30 posted on 06/21/2018 8:33:06 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Get off my lawn and GTFO of my country.)
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Rat Bones Reveal How Humans Transformed Their Island Environments
Smithsonian | June 6, 2018 | Lorraine Boissoneault
Posted on 06/19/2018 9:20:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3664572/posts


31 posted on 06/21/2018 1:24:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Peace, yeah, right. Tell 'em I'll be back when I can PLAY THE PIANO AGAIN!)
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