Based in Minnesota, a very long way from the remote southeastern Pacific, he’s also likely the only native of Rapa Nui (or Easter Island) producing documentaries in an English-speaking country.

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.

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 ...

The release said the Rapa Nui people have been very active in repatriation in recent years, working with individuals and institutions in New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Canada, the United States and ...

The team also found that the island's ancient inhabitants exhibited Native American DNA, indicating contact. This mixing appears to have occurred somewhere between 1250 and 1430.

Indiana University has completed its first international repatriation of human remains to the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island. A news release said IU’s Jayne-Leigh Thomas visited the island in ...

For centuries, Western scholars have touted the fate of the native population on Easter Island (Rapa Nui) as a case study in the devastating cost of environmentally unsustainable living.

Our work, published in the journal Current Biology, found no significant gene flow between South America and Easter Island before 1722. Instead, the considerable recent disruption to the island ...

Like most visitors to Easter Island, I was very interested in seeing a sample of the approximately 1,000 mysterious massive monolithic Moai (statues) carved from volcanic tuff between 1000 and 1600.

The remote Pacific island of Rapa Nui, commonly known as Easter Island, never experienced a "self-inflicted population collapse," a new analysis of ancient DNA reveals. Researchers have long ...