Rapa Nui has long stood as a symbol of ecocide — an act of deliberate, environmental destruction by humans. But new studies ...

This four-day itinerary for Rapa Nui (Easter Island) covers visits to ancient Moai statues, volcanic treks, cultural ...

Discover the truth behind the mysterious history of Rapa Nui, challenging the myth of overpopulation and ecological collapse.

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

Scientists turn to ancient DNA to understand the history of Easter Island, a remote island in the Pacific Ocean also known as ...

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

Dr Lisa Matisoo-Smith joins Emile Donovan to help explain new research and what it tells us about the story of Rapa Nui and ...

On Oct. 2, 2024, a few hundred eclipse chasers will be on the volcanic Easter Island — called Rapa Nui by natives and one of ...

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

The fascinating and remote Rapa Nui or Easter Island, is ~2,000 km from the nearest Polynesian island and 3,700 km west of South America. | Earth And The Environment ...

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

What makes this finding so significant is that it confirms what some archaeologists and anthropologists have suspected for ...