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A new study challenges the theory that Rapa Nui's population spiraled to unsustainable levels.
Instead, the settlers found ways to cope with the island’s severe limits, and maintained a small, stable population for centuries .
Evidence: a newly sophisticated inventory of ingenious “rock gardens” where the islanders raised highly nutritious sweet potatoes, a staple of their diet.
If the entire diet were based on sweet potatoes, these gardens may have supported about 2,000 people.
The island’s population is now nearly 8,000 (plus about 100,000 tourists a year) Most food is now imported, but some residents still grow sweet potatoes.
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