The Puerto Rican duo, made up Luis Alfredo Del Valle and Raquel Berrios, explored emotions and struggles to stay together on ...

"We think we know all the moai, but then a new one turns up." Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is famous for the 1,000 ...

Micronesia's Nan Madol is one of the very few places in the world which continues to perplex archaeologists. How and why it ...

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Indiana University has completed its first international repatriation of human remains to the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island. IU's Jayne-Leigh Thomas visited the island in December as an invited ...

Easter Island is home to more than 900 giant Moai, with more still being discovered. The statues average about twice the height of a human and weigh up to 14 tons (12,700 kilograms).

According to Easter Island: The Truth Revealed, approximately 1,500 to 2,000 people – half the population – were taken in 1862 in a raid by slave traders from Peru to work there, predominately ...

Old Easter Island genomes show no sign of a population collapse Native American DNA in the genomes dates to roughly when Rapa Nui was settled. John Timmer – Sep 11, 2024 2:20 pm | 53 ...

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

Having grown up in rural Devon and Cornwall, moving to Portsmouth for the first time was an exciting change of pace – these were my first impressions of life on Portsea Island.