Friday, March 10, 2006

History Friday: New Thinking About Easter Island

As a junior high school history teacher, I couldn't resist linking to this MSNBC story about a new theory concerning the rise and fall of the culture that once existed on Easter Island.

Heh. I'm not surprised that they're blaming Europeans for doing-in the Easter Islanders, but where on earth did that notion about the rats come from?
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