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Rocks on Rapa Nui tell the story of a small, resilient population—not a doomed, overpopulated island
Conventional wisdom holds that the island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island ... The statues tower as high as a three-story building and weigh up to 70 tons. There are nearly 1,000 of ...
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First Inhabitants
Literally, it was, according to Van Tilburg, "fuel for moai building." From at least AD 1000 to 1680, Rapa Nui's population increased significantly. Some estimate the population reached a high of ...
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IU completes its first international repatriation of human remains to Easter Island
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Stone Giants
In their isolation, why did the early Easter Islanders undertake this colossal statue-building effort ... in the history of Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, the name given by the indigenous people ...