Editing Paschalococos disperta (section)

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There is a theory that the fate of the people of Easter Island is tied up with
''Paschalococos''. The ancient inhabitants used the giant trunks to make
their sea going canoes. Fossils showed very large trunks on these palms,
when man first got to the island,
and food remains from this period were from larger animal species that were
from far offshore of the island. As the population increased and the people
cut the old growth palms for building and canoes, over several hundreds of years,
the palm growth could not keep up and so smaller and smaller palms were available
for canoes. The result was smaller canoes that could not travel to traditional
distant offshore fishing grounds. This forced fishing of local waters to the point
of depletion of food and to the destruction of all food sources and palms on
he island through overpopulation.