他们认为岛上的人口增长迅速，然后保持或多或少的稳定速度来增长，直到欧洲人的到来引进了岛上居民对其没有免疫力的致命疾病。

They think its population grew rapidly and then remained more or less stable until the arrival of the Europeans, who introduced deadly diseases to which islanders had no immunity.

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欧洲人的到来如同将这些疾病1000年间致死的人数在美洲压缩到150年内发生一样。

When the Europeans came over, it was as if all the deaths over the millennium caused by these diseases were compressed into 150 years in the Americas.

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还是边界、或是文化、民族或其它因素被证明是对欧洲人的到来和其经济扩张有更顽强的抵抗力？

Or did borders - cultural, national or otherwise prove to be more resistant and tenacious or vulnerable to the European presence and economic expansion?

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