The volcanic island of Rapa Nui has long been shrouded in mystery. European sailors first arrived on its shores on Easter Sunday in 1722, giving it its colloquial name: Easter Island. It covers ...

Rapa Nui people didn’t destroy their island A study of ancient genomes has dispelled the theory that early inhabitants of Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island) ravaged its ecosystem and caused ...

The fascinating and remote Rapa Nui or Te Pito o Te Henua, also known as Easter Island, sits almost 2,000 kilometers (1,242 miles) from the nearest Polynesian island and is 3,700 km (2,299 mi) west of ...

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, never experienced a ruinous population collapse, according to an analysis of ancient ...

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, never experienced a ruinous population collapse, according to an analysis of ancient DNA from 15 former inhabitants of the remote island in the Pacific Ocean.

That, for me, is Rapa Nui. While commonly known as Easter Island (or ‘Isla de Pascua’, the Spanish translation), you won’t see or hear those words anywhere here—instead, everyone uses its traditional ...

However, a new study, examining the genomes of 15 Rapa Nui individuals who lived between 1670 and 1950, finds that there is no evidence of any collapse on the island in the 1600s. Instead ...

Deforestation theory for wipeout of Rapa Nui people of Easter Island is thrown into doubt by new study Sacrificed ‘frozen’ Inca child in Chile did not die peacefully as previously thought ...

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In this edition of "Source Material," Raven Halfmoon takes us to Indigenous earthworks in Ohio, to visit her horses, and more ...

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