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Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and its famous Moai statues
LiveScience· 10 hours agoRapa Nui, also known as Easter Island (a name given to it by Europeans), is located in the southeast Pacific and is famous for its approximately 1,000...
Rocks on Rapa Nui tell the story of a small, resilient population − countering the notion of a...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoCovering the ground with rocks is actually a good way to grow some crops in poor soil. Carl Lipo...
Easter Island's population never collapsed because it never got that big, researchers suggest
Live Science via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoThe Indigenous people of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, didn't have a catastrophic...
A new study challenges the idea that Rapa Nui islanders caused an ‘ecocide’
Science News· 12 hours agoRapa Niu islanders farmed and fished enough to feed only a few thousand people, too few to decimate...
Satellite imagery may provide a missing puzzle piece in Easter Island saga
CNN.com· 12 hours agoHundreds of monumental stone heads dot the coastline of the remote Pacific island of Rapa Nui, or...
Easter Island’s ‘population crash’ never occ | Newswise
Newswise· 6 days agoThe population crashed along with the environment, dwindling to a few thousand people by the time...
We now have even more evidence against the “ecocide” theory of Easter Island
Ars Technica· 12 hours agoFor centuries, Western scholars have touted the fate of the native population on Easter Island (Rapa...
Scientists debunk popular myth of Easter Island
Newsweek· 12 hours agoIsland. An analysis of the island's famed rock gardens, undertaken by a team of researchers including faculty from Binghamton University, revealed that...
Easter Island’s Catastrophic Population Collapse Probably Never Actually Happened
IFLScience· 12 hours agoAlso known as Rapa Nui, the small landmass in the southeastern Pacific Ocean covers just 163.3...
Easter Island's legendary societal collapse didn't actually happen
New Scientist· 12 hours agoFamous for its towering stone statues, Easter Island – also known as Rapa Nui – in the Pacific Ocean...