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简介：1.Introduction*SincethefirsttimeEasterIslandwasexplored,scholarshavebeenarguingandspeculatingaboutthedateofthenatives’arrival,thenatureandpurposeofthelargerstatues,itsactualnumberofinhabitants,thereasonsfortheprogressivedeforestationoftheisland,etc.Allofthishasreceivedvariousexplanationswhichareconsideredinfluentialfactorsindeterminingsocialandculturalchangesinthelivesoftheislanders(aquestiontobesurveyedinthelastsectionofthisarticle.)However,thelackofsufficientdatamakesitdifficulttoreachtoadefinitiveconclusion;thebestthatwecanhopeforistogivereasonableandtemptativehypotheses.