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Easter Island Did Not Collapse From Overuse of Resources After All, Study Suggests
Rapa Nui, made of volcanic rock, is a difficult place to farm—it ... Hamilton also tells the Guardian that it could be hard to accurately estimate population size based on the area of rock ...
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Rapa Nui’s Extinct Toromiro Tree Might Not Be Gone Forever
In the heart of Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island, a species long thought lost is taking root once again. The toromiro ...
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Rapa Nui National Park
Rapa Nui, the indigenous name of Easter Island, bears witness to a unique cultural phenomenon. A society of Polynesian origin that settled there c. A.D. 300 established a powerful, imaginative and ...
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Stone Giants
The moai may also hold a sacred role in the life of the Rapa Nui, acting as ceremonial conduits for communication with the gods. According to Van Tilburg, their physical position between earth and ...