Discover the truth behind the mysterious history of Rapa Nui, challenging the myth of overpopulation and ecological collapse.

Rapa Nui has long stood as a symbol of ecocide — an act of deliberate, environmental destruction by humans. But new studies suggests the theory is wrong.

Genomes from people native to the island show that its original population was part of the Polynesian expansion across the ...

The new study also indicates the Polynesian people who settled Rapa Nui mixed with indigenous South Americans centuries ...

The widespread deforestation believed to have been caused by the Rapa Nui people to build the towering Easter Island statues ...

New research reveals that there was contact with Indigenous Americans before European arrival. Rapa Nui, also known as Te ...

The fascinating and remote Rapa Nui or Easter Island, is ~2,000 km from the nearest Polynesian island and 3,700 km west of South America. | Earth And The Environment ...

DNA extracted from 15 corpses stored in a Paris museum has yielded a monumental surprise: the Rapa Nui, inhabitants of Easter ...

The widespread deforestation believed to have been caused by the Rapa Nui people to build the towering Easter Island statues ...

Rapa Nui or Te Pito o Te Henua (the navel of the world), also known as Easter Island, is one of the most isolated inhabited ...

Genome analysis adds to mounting evidence against the idea that Rapa Nui’s population collapsed owing to overexploitation of ...

New DNA analysis adds to growing research indicating the famous Pacific island did not collapse from overuse of resources ...