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DNA analysis reveals what really happened on Easter Island
9-11-2024 |
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A new study has put to bed the idea that the inhabitants of the enigmatic island inadvertantly wiped themselves out.
Study challenges idea that Easter Island's people committed 'ecocide'
6-24-2024 | 2
There may have simply been a much smaller population of people living on the island all along.
Weird new species found on seamounts off Easter Island
VIDEO 4-15-2024 | 1
Scientists have discovered more than 50 new species of weird and wonderful creatures in the Pacific depths.
New Easter Island moai statue discovered in dried-up lake bed
2-28-2023 | 2
The find, which has been described as 'very important', could in fact be the first of many such discoveries.
How did the Easter Islanders drink seawater ?
10-3-2021 | 9
Researchers have taken a fresh look at how the island's inhabitants drank water directly out of the ocean.
Runaway truck slams into Easter Island statue
VIDEO 3-9-2020 | 10
A man has been arrested after his truck caused 'incalculable' damage to one of the statues.
Do Easter Island's Moai point to fresh water?
10-11-2018 | 17
Scientists have come up with a possible new explanation for the positions of the island's stone statues.
Did Easter Islanders sail to South America ?
10-13-2017 | 21
A new study has cast doubt on the idea that the island's inhabitants had contact with Native Americans.
Easter Islanders were not wiped out in a war
8-22-2016 | 11
A new study has suggested that the inhabitants of Easter Island were not destroyed by warfare.
Easter Island 'hats' were rolled in to place
4-27-2015 | 8
The huge stone headpieces worn by the statues on Easter Island were probably placed using ramps.
Easter Island collapse theory challenged
1-10-2015 | 65
A new study has called in to question conventional theories about the disappearance of the islanders.
Easter Island collapse theory questioned
1-24-2014 | 51
Academics have cast doubt on the idea that the inhabitants used up all the island's natural resources.
Did Easter Island statues 'walk' ?
6-22-2012 | 30
A new theory suggests that the giant stone heads might have been 'walked' upright along the roads.
Easter Island heads have full bodies
5-17-2012 | 56
New archaological digs on Easter Island have revealed tall bodies buried beneath the stone heads.
Easter Island statue transport mystery deepens
5-15-2010 | 18
The method believed to be used by the inhabitants of Easter Island to move their statues has been called in to question.
Giant statues give up hat secret
9-9-2009 | 3
How did the Easter Island statues get their red hats ? Archaeologists now believe that the mysterious headpieces sported...
Cave system found on Easter Island
7-16-2009 | 18
A six-kilometer long cave system has been discovered on Easter Island which is believed to have been used by the island'...
Easter Island compound extends life
7-14-2009 | 9
A compound first discovered in the soil of Easter Island called "rapamycin" has shown promising results when administere...
Easter Island’s controversial collapse
2-20-2009 | 1
A new study has suggested that there could have been more to the collapse of Easter Island's society than deforestation....
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