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Easter Island was covered with palm forest before Polynesian settlers arrived.

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Is it true that Easter Island was covered with palm forest before Polynesian settlers arrived?

Yes. Two sources state that when the first Polynesian settlers arrived on Rapa Nui, the island was largely covered with dense palm-dominated woodland, with one estimating about 70% woodland and over 16 million palms.

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Easter Island - Wikipedia
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Easter Island - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island

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Humans, climate or introduced rats – which is to blame for the woodland destruction on prehistoric Rapa Nui (Easter Island)?
2010
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Humans, climate or introduced rats – which is to blame for the woodland destruction on prehistoric Rapa Nui (Easter Island)?. (2010). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.10.006

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