Ancient DNA adds to evidence debunking theory of Easter Island …
WEB5 days ago · CNN — Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, never experienced a ruinous population collapse, according to an analysis of ancient DNA from 15 former inhabitants of the remote island in the...
Landmark Genetics Study Shows Easter Island Population Collapse …
WEB2 days ago · Although 2,100 miles of ocean separate Rapa Nui and South America, the genetic analysis also showed that the Rapanui people were in contact with Indigenous Americans before Europeans...
Rapa Nui’s population history rewritten using ancient DNA - Nature
WEB11 September 2024. Rapa Nui’s population history rewritten using ancient DNA. By analysing the ancient genomes of individuals from Rapa Nui, researchers have overturned a contentious theory...
‘Ecocide’ did not kill remote Pacific islanders, DNA analysis finds
WEBSep 11, 2024 · The Pacific islanders who carved the haunting stone statues of Rapa Nui appear to have avoided “ecological suicide”, according to genomics research that adds to evidence against a popular ...
Famed Polynesian island did not succumb to ‘ecological suicide,’ …
WEBSep 11, 2024 · Now, the first study of the genomes of ancient Rapanui, published today in Nature, shows such a population collapse never happened. The finding reinforces previous archaeological evidence, including a study in July, suggesting the …
Famed Pacific island’s population ‘crash’ debunked by ancient DNA
WEBSep 11, 2024 · The theory that the early Indigenous inhabitants of Rapa Nui — also known as Easter Island — ravaged its ecosystem and caused the population to crash before the arrival of Europeans in the ...
Daily briefing: No, Rapa Nui people didn’t destroy their island
WEBSep 12, 2024 · A controversial theory about Rapa Nui has been conclusively debunked. Plus, what Harris and Trump said about science in their debate and the reviewers churning out suspicious reviews for...
New Research Rewrites the Demise of Easter Island
WEBFeb 11, 2020 · Data amassed from 11 Easter Island sites shows that the Rapa Nui people began assembling the moai sometime between the early 14th and mid-15th centuries, continuing construction until at...
Easter Island Did Not Collapse From Overuse of Resources After All ...
WEBJun 25, 2024 · Researchers have long thought that hundreds of years ago, the population of the Pacific island Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, experienced a steep crash. Its residents were said to have used up all...
Easter Island rebounds from wildfire that singed its statues
WEBDec 16, 2022 · RAPA NUI, Chile (AP) — The hillside of Rano Raraku volcano on Rapa Nui feels like a place that froze in time. Embedded in grass and volcanic rock, almost 400 moai – the monolithic human figures carved centuries ago by this remote Pacific island’s Rapanui people -- remained untouched until recently.