Questioning collapse
by Patricia Ann McAnany, Norman Yoffee · first published 2009
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…been there from the start and are a good (imo) explanation for what happened-- the tree and their seeds were preyed upon. [This explains explains it from an academic standpoint.](https://www.amazon.com/Questioning-Collapse-Resilience-Ecolo...) Saying that they killed all the trees to help the moai get into place (or similar) is ridiculous. In addition, the first reports from the 1720+ timeframe (first contact and there…
on “Easter Island statues may have 'walked' out of quarry (2012)” ↗…Record dedicated an entire section to one of his books (http://onlinedigeditions.com/publication/?m=16146&i=634462&p...). Jared Diamond's books have prompted more than one seminar and rebuttal book, e.g. Questioning Collapse. Unfortunately, people are busy, have real research to do, and don't have time to deal with every crank out there. Some are even state sponsored, which opens up a whole world of problems. It's not fair…
on “Göbekli Tepe” ↗…by the mainstream community (certainly, his views on Rapa Nui and Greenland are thoroughly debunked)--indeed, there's an entire book published that's a lengthy critique of his work, titled (fittingly) Questioning Collapse.
on “‘Potentially the worst drought in 1,200 years’: scientists on the US heatwave” ↗…https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2042672 [2] https://youtu.be/YpNuh-J5IgE?si=arekVaU6AnwEvQwY [3] https://open.spotify.com/episode/0pGCsvdjo344EQ2dALE6dD?si=6... [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questioning_Collapse
on “How did the settlers of the Canary Islands survive a millennium of isolation?” ↗