a. long ago a group of people lived on a remote island in the pacific ocean. b. the people cut down all the trees and the islands losts its ecological balance.Without trees, there was soil erosion, the lakes dried, and the animals died. c. In the end, the population of the islands was reduced to very few people. Only the stone statues stood the test of time. d. the forest gave them food and water. It also provided materials to construct houses, canoes to go fishing in and tools to transport the big statues to the coast. e. As time passed, there were more and more people living on the island. They divided into two groups and started to compete for the resources on the island. f. at first, the people were very organized and cooperative. In their free time, they created big stone statues.