The population of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, interbred with Native ... The civilization built there by the native ...

or other high-ranking males who held important positions in the history of Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, the name given by the indigenous people to their island in the 1860s. Archaeologist Jo Anne ...

The Polynesian islands that span the southern part of the Pacific Ocean—the eastern most of which is Rapa Nui, or Easter Island—were initially settled by a wave of migration from Asia. It’s been less ...

When Europeans arrived on Easter Island, they found not just massive heads carved out of stone, but people native to the island and wooden tablets with undeciphered carved scripts. Oral records of ...

Today, those indigenous to the land call the island Rapa Nui, named for the Rapa Nui people. As of the latest census, taken in 2017, the population of Easter Island was 7,750. Most of its ...

Hancock argues that Polynesian settlers encountered a pre-existing population, evidenced by banana remains from at least 3,000 years ago. Graham Hancock's new theory claims a lost civilization ...

Due to the on-going land disputes by indigenous Rapa Nui groups, tourism activity has decreased on Chile’s Easter Island, said Edgar Hereveri, vice president of the island’s chamber of tourism.