Ancestral remains of Rapa Nui people begin long journey home after 143 years at Australian Museum

The remains of members of the Rapa Nui people from Easter Island are "finally going home" after sitting in the Australian ...
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Who’s to Blame for Easter Island’s Deforestation? New Study Finds Rats Played a Role

When Polynesian explorers landed on Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, around 1200 C.E., they found nearly 20 million palm trees; by the time Dutch explorers arrived in 1722, they found only ...
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Drones, physics and rats: Studies show how the people of Rapa Nui made and moved the giant statues – and what caused the island’s deforestation

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists used drones to produce this 3D model of Rano Raraku, the volcanic crater where 95% of Rapa Nui's giant statues were ...

Australia repatriates remains of Rapa Nui ancestors

The remains of more than a dozen ancestors of the Rapa Nui people are being returned to their homeland in one of the ...

In a Sydney warehouse, this Rapa Nui sculptor from Easter Island holds a tragic history

The Australian Museum will repatriate human remains it has had for 143 years, acknowledging the past wrong done in their ...
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Rocks on Rapa Nui tell the story of a small, resilient population − countering the notion of a doomed overpopulated island

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Covering the ground with rocks is actually a good way to grow some crops in poor soil. Carl Lipo Conventional wisdom holds that ...
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On Rapa Nui, step away from the crowds to explore one of the world’s most remote places

It is dark, pleasantly nippy and easy to get sucked into the blob of tourists sitting in front of a bunch of famous statues at one of the world’s most remote places. The sun is about to break on Rapa ...