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THREE INTO ONE Easter Island was formed by three volcanoes that rose from the sea bed and joined together. Island’s history is rewritten Easter Island, which is in the Pacific Ocean to the west of Chile, is famous for its remote location and stone statues. For a long time, historians believed that the people who once lived there destroyed their environment by using too many natural resources. As the island could support fewer people, the population dwindled. However, new research published in June suggested that this probably wasn’t true. The first humans settled on the island, which they called Rapa Nui, around 800 years ago. They developed a farming technique called “rock gardening”, which helped them to grow crops in the harsh environment. This involved putting rocks on the soil…

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The Week Junior (UK) (Digital) - 1 Issue, 472-473

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