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Study reveals possible hidden meaning behind Easter Island's statues
Feb 28, 2026An analysis of soil samples taken from the base of some of the statues has revealed something unexpected.
New Easter Island study upends what we know of Moai construction
Nov 28, 2025The findings offer a new perspective on the organization and co-operation that produced the famous stone heads.
DNA analysis reveals what really happened on Easter Island
Sep 11, 2024A 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'
Jun 24, 2024There 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 Apr 15, 2024Scientists 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
Feb 28, 2023The 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 ?
Oct 3, 2021Researchers 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 Mar 9, 2020A man has been arrested after his truck caused 'incalculable' damage to one of the statues.
Do Easter Island's Moai point to fresh water?
Oct 11, 2018Scientists have come up with a possible new explanation for the positions of the island's stone statues.
Did Easter Islanders sail to South America ?
Oct 13, 2017A 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
Aug 22, 2016A new study has suggested that the inhabitants of Easter Island were not destroyed by warfare.
Easter Island 'hats' were rolled in to place
Apr 27, 2015The huge stone headpieces worn by the statues on Easter Island were probably placed using ramps.
Easter Island collapse theory challenged
Jan 10, 2015A new study has called in to question conventional theories about the disappearance of the islanders.
Easter Island collapse theory questioned
Jan 24, 2014Academics have cast doubt on the idea that the inhabitants used up all the island's natural resources.
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