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Chapter 762 There are two trees in front of the door, one is

The whole process of the rise and fall of Easter Island is extremely objective in the eyes of the entire human society, so objective that it is a bit indifferent.

This isolated island has become an excellent "experimental ground".

Before modern times, there were no outsiders on Easter Island. On this remote island, the sediments at the bottom of the pond were completely undisturbed. The topmost layer was the closest to the present, and the bottom layer was the furthest from the present.

In the 1990s, the latecomers to the technological explosion explored and studied the distribution of plant pollen in the sediments at the bottom of ponds on the island. They were very calm and clearly saw the entire history of the thousand years.

In front of all kinds of evidence, it is like sitting in front of the TV and watching the entire process of the entire island changing from a lush forest to a sparse grassland.

What the islanders eat is also very clear. The most direct evidence can be found only by analyzing the garbage dumps on the island where garbage and bones are specially piled up. It is not necessary to find a complete dolphin skeleton to confirm that it is a dolphin. It only needs to be sequenced. You can tell what kind of animal it is.

It is the use of these modern technologies that makes the former mysterious island gradually fade away, showing a kind of cursed doom.

Without metal, the aborigines on the island could only make do with tools from the Stone Age. Therefore, in 1300 years, more advanced agricultural tools, weapons, and ships did not appear, and foreign development could not become a reality.

People on Easter Island blindly worshiped stone statues, which also consumed huge resources and accelerated the overall collapse of the island's social structure.

"Perhaps it can be said that once a closed ecosystem begins to decline due to human consumption, it will never have a chance to rise again. It will just keep falling and keep falling in a vicious circle."

Bi Fang stopped and looked at the stone statue beside him.

"Now many anthropologists, sociologists, and environmental scientists are very interested in the past of Easter Island, because they always feel that this may herald the future destiny of mankind."

Is this alarmist talk?

No one knows the answer.

From another point of view, if the area of ​​Easter Island is magnified by 1000 times, and the number of residents on the island is magnified by a million times, it can almost be regarded as the earth.

If latecomers also look at it from the perspective of God, if there are highly intelligent life on the earth island.

Is there a lack of key geographical conditions for the development here?

Aren't its natural resources also limited?

Isn't it also hanging alone in the cosmic ocean?

Doesn't it also have no exchange of resources with other planets?

Is its future an enlarged version of Easter Island?

[Thinking carefully! 】

【My brain is not good, the doctor told me to eat and drink, don't think too much】

[Such a great mental pressure should not be borne by me as a primary school student. This kind of thing should make sociologists have a headache (dog head)]

【Let me think about what to eat tonight】

[I will not dust and wax the surface of the satellite, nor will I design the planet, maintain and maintain the global ocean, repair and strengthen the melted glaciers in the North and South Poles, and I will not refurbish the nuclear warhead, but today Thursday, Fu Ge v me 50, I Help you eat kfc instead]

"Yes, this kind of problem should be left to anthropologists and sociologists. I just want to cut down a suitable tree to make a boat."

Bi Fang smiled.

In fact, the disasters of the residents of Easter Island were more than that. In 1862, eight pirate ships visited here, captured all the natives who could be slaves, and took away a full thousand people, which is half of the population. .

The thousand were all men, including the chief himself, and none of the chief's children were spared.

And the smallpox virus was rampant at that time. Like the Indians, the aborigines here also had no antibodies. Until 1865, when a French missionary landed on the island, he counted the number of people, and there were less than 500 people left on Easter Island.

In the next 10 years, many of these remaining people moved to Tahiti with the caravan to make a living.

By 1877, 15 years after the massive slave holocaust, the number of people on the island was counted, and there were only 111 people.

The population of Easter Island dropped like this: more than 20,000 people, more than 2,000 people, more than 1,000 people, less than 500 people, and finally only 111 people left.

Until April 5, 1888, which was also Easter, the Chilean government announced the occupation of Easter Island on that day, followed by continuous immigration, construction, and farming. Until now, an Easter Island dedicated to tourism has been presented to the world.

An independent island that remains in the world may not necessarily present what is described in "Peach Blossom Spring" as "the land is flat and open, the houses are like houses, and there are good fields and beautiful pools of mulberry and bamboo. The traffic on the rice paddies, the chickens and dogs hear each other".

More likely to repeat the tragedy of Easter Island.

"Almost all the trees on the island now came to the island after the prosperity of the tourism industry at the end of the 20th century. It may not have grown for 30 years, so naturally there will be no giant trees."

"However, there are also some trees that were transplanted because they were big enough."

Bi Fang stopped and looked at the resort in front of him.

As a world-renowned tourist destination, Easter Island naturally has many tourist hotels, which are quite luxurious. Many packages cost thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars. After all, tourists who are willing to pay tens of thousands of air tickets and fly here don’t care. Great service for a little more money.

If it is cheap, this group of people will feel that it is not worth it.

The reason why Bi Fang stopped here was because this resort was a bit different.

There are two big trees at its gate, one is a palm tree and the other is also a palm tree

Can these two trees be cut down?

Bi Fang was a little moved.

After wandering around the island, it has always been impossible to find palm trees that grow naturally enough to be huge. They can only be transplanted the day after tomorrow. They are already mature trees.

There is no doubt that the two trees at the entrance of the resort were transplanted. They are quite tall, with a height of at least 15 meters. Usually, a palm tree with a height of 10 meters will take nearly 20 years to grow. Fifteen meters, no tree is more than 30 years old. Don't even think about it.

In addition, Easter Island is very far away. If you want to transplant trees here, not to mention the price of the trees themselves, the shipping cost alone is extremely high, which shows that the business of this resort is very good.

There are so many dwarf trees on the island, but the two in front of the resort are extremely tall, refreshing, and at the same time have a little more atmosphere, just like the welcoming pine on Huangshan Mountain.

Good material!

Bi Fang reached out and touched the bark. It was rough and wide, and the leaves were shaded. The growth was gratifying, and it was well taken care of.

Recalling what the officials said to him in Santiago: "You want to use the trees on the island to make a boat? No problem, just cut whatever you want, as long as you are on the island, it's okay to cut them all off!"

People can't talk without counting, can they?