Read this passage from "The Ends of the World as We Know Them": Unfortunately for the inhabitants of Pitcairn and
Henderson, their Mangarevan trading partner collapsed for
reasons similar to those underlying the Maya decline:
deforestation, erosion and warfare. Deprived of essential
imports in a Polynesian equivalent of the 1973 oil crisis,
the Pitcairn and Henderson societies declined until
everybody had died or fled.
What kind of evidence is used in this passage?
A. Ethical evidence
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B. Specialized knowledge
C. Empirical evidence
D. Anecdotal evidence