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Date of upload: Sep 10, 2022 ^^
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People tend to look down on "stone age" societies but many are unaware of the complex social structures that exist in Polynesian societies allowing such feats of construction. Chiefly authority was very powerful in many Polynesian societies, particularly in island groups like Tonga, and Hawaii where stone monuments were also constructed albeit not to the same scale as the Moai, but it demonstrates the ability to organize labor and resources by chiefs.
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I like the walking moai theory. It makes the most sense as the most efficient way of transporting tall, heavy objects having moved several appliances like fridges and washing machines.
Its annoying to how some people think it had to be aliens or more advanced culture with machines that did it just because those same people couldn't think of how to do it. A population lives long enough doing something and they're to get very, very good at doing the things they do.
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I remember reading about Easter Island when I was much younger, and the entire island was talked about like a gigantic mystery that couldn't be explained by science or reason. I think that was before much serious research was done into the island's history. It is really interesting to see things considered mysteries just a few decades ago are now so well understood that even if we don't have exact answers, we can still understand in broad strokes what happened. The monolithic stones weren't placed by an advanced alien race or something. Just good old fashioned human ingenuity.
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@NORTH02
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