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Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and its famous Moai statues
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThere are around 1,000 known Moai statues on Easter Island (Rapa Nui). | Credit: Chakarin Wattanamongkol via Getty Images Rapa Nui, also known as Easter...
We now have even more evidence against the “ecocide” theory of Easter Island
Ars Technica· 3 days agoThe story goes that the people on the remote island chopped down all the trees to build massive...
Study debunks popular climate myth about Easter Island 'ecocide'
Fox News via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoResearchers recently published a journal article debunking the popular climate myth about Easter...
Easter Island's population never collapsed because it never got that big, researchers suggest
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 days agoRapa Nui was first settled around 1000 A.D., likely by people from Polynesia, who regularly traded...
Satellite imagery may provide a missing puzzle piece in Easter Island saga
CNN.com· 3 days agoHundreds of monumental stone heads dot the coastline of the remote Pacific island of Rapa Nui, or...
Rocks on Rapa Nui tell the story of a small, resilient population − countering the notion of a...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe conventional wisdom grew out of speculation about another set of stone structures on the island:...
Easter Island’s Catastrophic Population Collapse Probably Never Actually Happened
IFLScience· 3 days agoIn addition to its iconic collection of monumental moai, Easter Island is famed for having hosted...
Study Challenges Popular Idea That Easter Islanders Committed ‘Ecocide’
Columbia University News· 4 days agoThere, they erected hundreds of “moai,” or gigantic stone statues that now famously stand as emblems...
If Triceratops had a metalhead cousin, this dinosaur would be it
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThis week, get up close with the fossil of a rock-star dinosaur, watch the awakening of a...
Easter Island's legendary societal collapse didn't actually happen
New Scientist· 3 days agoThe widespread claim that the ancient people of Easter Island experienced a societal collapse due to...