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Vast amounts of timber would have been required to transport and erect the giant moai,
用于傳送和聳立摩艾的大量木材是心不可少的
and slowly but surely, the forests vanished.
森林雖慢卻一點點地消失了
Eventually, there was no wood left even to build boats.
最后 甚至沒有木材用于造船了
Without fishing boats, they would have been denied their main source of food, and their one means of escape.
沒有了捕魚船 他們就沒有了食物主要來源 也無法逃出
As resources dwindled, Easter Island society descended into chaos and warfare.
當資源匱乏時 復活節島的社會走向了混亂和戰爭
The giant statues were pulled to the ground...possibly acts of sabotage between rival clans.
巨大的雕像被推翻在地 或許是宗族之間的破壞行為
Houses were abandoned and the foundation stones used to construct fortified dwellings in caves underground.
房子被拋棄 房屋基石用來修建加固在地下洞穴里的居處
Some evidence even suggests that once everything edible had been consumed,
甚至有跡象證實島上任何可吃的都耗盡了
the starving were driven to that most desperate of acts—cannibalism.
饑餓將產生不顧一切的行為——同類相食
Understandably, this version of Easter Island's history remains controversial,
可以理解這個版本的復活節島 歷史留有爭議
because it suggests the Rapa Nui were incredibly short-sighted.
因為它暗示復活節島上的人類 竟然是鼠目寸光
As the trees dwindled, why did they do nothing about it?
當樹木稀少時 為什么他們什么也不做呢？
But a new theory suggests the Rapa Nui were powerless to prevent their downfall,
有一個新的理論提出復活節島上的人類 無法阻止他們的沒落
for when they arrived on this island, they were not alone.
當它們抵達這個島上時 他們不再孤獨
