Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one ...

The island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is famous for its moai. These giant, anthropomorphic monoliths have long puzzled anthropologists, driving extensive research into their ...

Easter Island’s Rapa Nui statues were carved by several independent groups, including competing families, without any central ...

Scientists have uncovered how ancient Easter Islanders moved massive moai statues. Instead of dragging them flat, the statues ...

Have you ever thought a place could be completely explored and understood, only to have a secret pop up out of nowhere? That's exactly what happened on Easter Island in 2023, where a previously ...

The widespread deforestation believed to have been caused by the Rapa Nui people to build the towering Easter Island statues did not result in the population’s catastrophic collapse as held by a ...

Unlike other studies, which think they were crafted by a powerful tribe, it's thought that individual clans and families ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Some of the world’s greatest breakthroughs are found in the most unlikely places, including the soil of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island.