While Europeans eventually discovered the impressive moai statues for which the Rapa Nui are best known, they also stumbled ...

Here’s how a cliff-clinging population on a remote volcanic stack rewrote extinction for one of the world’s rarest insects.

A first-ever 3D model of the Rano Raraku quarry lets anyone examine Easter Island’s iconic statue workshop in vivid detail.

A new study shows that Polynesian rats, not humans, were responsible for the deforestation at Rapa Nui, contrary to popular ...

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

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

Carl Lipo receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society. Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The ...

Archaeologists say a 3D model of a centuries-old quarry of unfinished stone head statues on Easter Island offers new clues about how these monuments were made and the Polynesian society that brought ...

Located in the middle of the South Pacific, thousands of miles from the nearest continent, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth. To visit it and marvel at the ...

Researchers used drone imagery to construct a 3D model of Rapa Nui's main moai quarry and reveal its secrets. Reading time 2 minutes The island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is famous for ...

Screenshot from a three-dimensional model of Rano Raraku quarry produced through Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry. This comprehensive digital documentation, derived from 11,686 UAV images, reveals ...