Resilience, Not Collapse: What the Easter Island Myth Gets Totally Wrong
New research from Binghamton University, State University of New York suggests that the demographic collapse at the core of the Easter Island myth didn’t really…
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Easter Island’s Moai Provide Hints of a Complex Society
You probably know Easter Island as “the place with the giant stone heads.” This remote island 2,300 miles off the coast of Chile has long…
New Research Reveals Easter Island Had a Cooperative Community
Analysis of giant stone hats found on Rapa Nui, Chile (Easter Island) provides evidence contrary to the widely held belief that the ancient civilization had…
Archaeologists Reveal Factors that Contributed to the Demise of Early Rapa Nui Society
Using flakes of obsidian as a dating tool, a newly published study helps clarify the factors that contributed to the demise of early Rapa Nui…
Easter Island Moai Statues Could Have “Walked” Out of Quarries
A controversial new claim made by archaeologists states that the Easter Island moai statues could have walked out of the quarries in which they were…