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2.1.4.67

Hunt came to several conclusions. First, the Polynesians arrived on the island about 800 years ago, not 2,900 years ago. Second, their population size probably never exceeded 3,000, contrary to the earlier estimate of up to 15,000. Third, the Polynesians did use the island is trees and other vegetation in an unsustainable manner, and by 1722 visitors reported that most of the island is trees were gone.
But one question not answered by the earlier hypothesis was, why did the trees never grow back? Recent evidence and Hunt is new hypothesis suggest that rats (which came along with the original settlers either as stowaways or as a source of protein for their long ocean voyage) played a key role in the island is permanent deforestation. Over the years, the rats multiplied rapidly into the millions and devoured the seeds that would have regenerated the forests.

亨特得到了幾個結論。首先，波利尼西亞人大約在800年前抵達該島，而不是2900年前。第二，他們的人口數量可能(或許)從未(不會)超過3000，這違背了先前所估計的15000 。第三，波利尼西亞人以一種非永續經營的方式使用了海島上的是樹和其他植被，而且在1722年，探險家的報告(記述)指出海島上大多數樹木已經被砍伐殆盡(消失)。但是，沒有回答先前的一個假設問題，為什麼森林永遠不會(從未)生長呢？最近的證據與亨特的新假說認為(指出 表示)，老鼠(所謂的老鼠就是指與當地原來(原始)的移民者一起作偷渡來或著是作為他們長期遠洋航行的一個蛋白質來源)在島上扮演了關鍵性(重要性)的角色就是固定性(永久性)的森林開墾 砍伐。多年來，老鼠迅速地倍增到數百萬並且吞食能使森林再生的種子。