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

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

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

中新网北京9月12日电 (记者 孙自法)国际学术期刊《自然》最新发表一篇基因组学论文称，曾被称为复活节岛的拉帕努伊岛 (Rapa Nui)的古代人口衰退，不太可能是由一次自杀造成的人口崩溃事件导致的，从而推翻了充满争议的“生态自杀”理论。这一研究结果为该岛人口史提供了新知。

The population of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, interbred with Native Americans before Europeans arrived, despite ...

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

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

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

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

Rapa Nui’s population kept growing past point it was thought to have suffered self-inflicted collapse, research suggests ...

The widespread deforestation believed to have been caused by the Rapa Nui people to build the towering Easter Island statues ...

The widespread deforestation believed to have been caused by the Rapa Nui people to build the towering Easter Island statues ...