New DNA analysis adds to growing research indicating the famous Pacific island did not collapse from overuse of resources ...

The new study also indicates the Polynesian people who settled Rapa Nui mixed with indigenous South Americans centuries ...

New research reveals that there was contact with Indigenous Americans before European arrival. Rapa Nui, also known as Te ...

The moai, carved from volcanic tuff, are threatened by rising sea levels and climate changes worsened by global warming.

Two recent studies have cast doubt on a popular theory that the ancient residents of Easter Island suffered a societal ...

Rapa Nui, more commonly known as Easter Island, is one of the most intriguing places in human history. Its massive stone ...

Genome analysis adds to mounting evidence against the idea that Rapa Nui’s population collapsed owing to overexploitation of ...

The scientists have debunked what they say was a colonial narrative, and one which has been used as a warning about ...

A DNA analysis of 15 Rapa Nui individuals revealed that there was never a population collapse on Easter Island and that the ...

Genetic analysis indicates that Rapanui's civilization was actually growing until the 1860s, when Peruvian slave raids and ...

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island or Te Pito o Te Henua (the navel of the world), is one of the most remote inhabited ...

Two recent studies cast doubt on the theory that the ancient residents of Easter Island suffered a societal collapse due to ...